Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̆ŋ (~ghʷ-,qhʷ-)

Meaning: vaulted, crooked

Chinese: 穹 *khʷǝŋ high and vaulted, vault.

Tibetan: khoŋs crooked, ãkhoŋ to squat; to hide one's self.

Burmese: khwaŋ be bent, curved, as horn.

Kachin: khoŋ¹-khoŋ¹ curved.

Lepcha: koŋ to be bent a little, to incline to one side, to be out of perpendicular

Kiranti: *gh[u]ŋ (/*ʔk-,-k)

Comments: BG: Dimasa goŋ, Garo goŋ-; Trung dǝ³-guŋ¹ be bent; Chepang khuŋʔ to stoop. Sh. 46, 427. Cf. Austric: PAA *kɔŋ 'bent, curved', PAN *beŋkuŋ, *-kuŋ id.