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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ ( ~ d-)
Meaning: stretch, tension
Chinese: 張 *traŋ give tension to a bow; stretch, extend.
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.
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