Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ ( ~ d-)
Meaning: stretch, tension
Tibetan: thaŋ tense, tight, firm.
Burmese: taŋh be tight (cf. also tauŋʔ be stiff, firm).
Lepcha: thyeŋ to pull out, to pull away; daŋ, dan to stretch out; to pull out; to elongate
Comments: Luce 73; Coblin 150.