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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŭj
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rope
Chinese: *ruj rope, bonds, 纍 *ruj to wind around; string.
Tibetan: dru-bu, gru-bu 'clew of threads, yarn'
Lushai: hrui bow-string, KC *k?-hr2ui\..
Comments: Sh. 121, 195, 407. STEDT 183ff *s-hrwǝy 'cord, string, cane, rattan' (a confusion with *rĕ 'rope' and *ril 'creeping plant' q.v.).
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