Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷiǝ̆r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: turn round

Chinese: 運 *wǝrs to move (around), move, transfer.

Tibetan: ãkhjir to turn round.

Kachin: (H) jin to be turned around, kǝjin to turn around, (Hkauri dialect) kǝwin turn round.

Lushai: vir to rotate, revolve, spin, KC *wir.

Kiranti: *xìr

Comments: Cf. also Lush. vīr to move or go round about; Kulung urma 'go round'. Sh. 43, 409. Tib. ãkhjir may be alternatively compared with Lush. her turn round, screw ( < *ɣĕr).