Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ(H) (~d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: palm of hand; buttock

Chinese: 掌 *taŋʔ palm of the hand.

Tibetan: mthaŋ the lower part of the body.

Burmese: taŋ buttocks, posterior, LB *taŋ(x).

Kachin: mai²-daŋ² the buttocks, (H) daŋ.

Lepcha: tŭŋ the cushion of hand, the heel of foot

Kiranti: *Taŋ 'cheek'

Comments: Mat. 164. Cf. Motuo-Monpa ga-daŋ 'hand'. It is possible that the word for 'ear' in some TB languages also reflects a compound with this root: cf. Serdukpen khu-thuŋ, Dhimal nha-toŋ, Phom thoŋ, Rengma ńe-tiŋ.