Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̆ŋ (~ghʷ-,qhʷ-)
Meaning: vaulted, crooked
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
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.
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