Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăŋ
Meaning: a k. of receptacle
Tibetan: koŋ, skoŋ cup, bowl (cf. also khjuŋ-dpjad k. of basket).
Burmese: khjauŋ cylindrical basket used by Karens and Palaungs.
Lepcha: khjoŋ a large basket for holding things.
Comments: Probably a bark basket: cf. Lush., Hmar hoŋ, Tiddim hōŋ 'bark', Bodo bi-koʔŋ id., Miju uŋ 'skin'.
