Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl
Meaning: fence, framework
Tibetan: ra enclosure, fence, wall; yard; dra grate, lattice; net, net-work; fence, wooden rails.
Lushai: rel to put up the framework (of a house).
Lepcha: tă-rel the lower part of outside-wall of the house
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 欄 *rān railing; pen, 羅 *rāj bird-net. Peiros-Starostin 212, Coblin 78, Gong 62. [NC *ŁwĕɫV]
