Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ri (~-e, -ej; -k)
Meaning: pus, gleet
Burmese: rih to rot, be rotten; riʔ be rotten, as a cloth.
Kachin: riʔ2 to gleet, to suffer as from gonorrhoea, (H) ǝri gleet, gonorrhoea.
Comments: Miri tǝri ulcer, sore; Vayu ri decay; Ben. 62.