Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷāŋ
Meaning: grave, excavate
Tibetan: skuŋ-ba (p. bskuŋs, f. bskuŋ) to hide in the ground, bury, inter.
Burmese: khauŋh coffin, khauŋ to excavate in a slanting direction, LB *khVŋ dig.
Lushai: kuaŋ a coffin, a trough, a groove, KC *r-kuaŋ ~ *khoŋ.
Comments: Garo riŋ-koŋ trough; Namsangia khuon-kho coffin; Rgyarung -źgo coffin. Sh. 47, 122, 477.
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