Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qrāp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scale, shell

Chinese: 甲 *krāp protecting cover of a shield; scale, armour; buffer coat.

Tibetan: khrab shield, buckler; coat of mail, scales.

Burmese: hrap little basket-shell; k. of jacket (cf. also khjap hauberk < Tib. or Chin.?).

Kachin: kop² a crust, rind, shell; mǝkop² to cover, shield, defend.

Lepcha: grop to cover with hands, as face; to cover with hand, as when catching fly, etc; to pounce upon as cat on mouse with paws; to hide, to shelter, to shroud

Kiranti: *khrǝ́p

Comments: Luce 36; Peiros-Starostin 218; Coblin 131.