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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷāŋH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: wide, broad
Chinese: *kʷāŋʔ wide, broad, large.
Burmese: ? khaŋ to spread, extend.
Kachin: wuŋ2-waŋ2, ǝwuŋ2-waŋ2 be wide, ample, cf. also (H) ǝwoŋ id., be broad, wide.
Lushai: vāŋ be broad, wide.
Lepcha: kŭŋ-kyoŋ-ŋă about here and there
Comments: Cf. *qʷăŋH, *Kʷān ( ~ Qʷ-). All these stems may be derived from a primary root *qʷa 'wide', reflected in Tib. rkja-mo, rgja-bo 'width'.
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