Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̄w(H)
Meaning: withered, old
Tibetan: ro dead body, corpse.
Burmese: raw be very old, near withering, as the leaves of a tree; rǝwh be old, out of fashion
Lushai: rau to wither or die (as leaves) (cf. also rô be dry, be dead).
Lepcha: ru to be old, as plants, things, service, to be worn; hrju be dry, dead (as leaf)
Comments: Sh. 65, Ben. 63. Cf. Austric: PAN *paRaw 'hoarse', PAA *roh 'dry', ZhT, KS *hra:w id.
