Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŭjH
Meaning: a k. of creeping plant
Burmese: rwijh 'Abrus precatorius, a leguminous plant'
Kachin: (H) uroi a full-grown bamboo.
Lushai: hrui a creeper, KC *t?-hr2ui.
Comments: Digaro ta-ruí ~ tǝ-roi; Abor tǝrü. Sh. 409, 438; Ben. 47. Cf. Austric: PAA *riɛjh 'root', PAN *waRej 'creeper, root'.