Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nū̆p (~-uap)
Meaning: enter, sink
Tibetan: nub the west, evening; to fall gragually; to sink.
Kachin: nip2 to shade, cast a shadow, šiŋnip2 shadow (?)
Lepcha: nŭp be covered with water
Comments: BG: Garo nap, Dimasa hap, Bodo hap enter, sink; Trung nǝm1-nup1 west; Lepcha nŭp be covered with water. Ben. 75, 83-84. Cf. PAN *ceñeb, -ñeb 'dive, submerge', *ce(R)neb, -neb id.
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