Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tĭ ( ~ d-)

Meaning: reverence, honour

Tibetan: sti (p. bstis, f. bsti, i. stis) to honour; to rest, repose.

Burmese: thi to fear, reverence.

Kachin: (?) thi³ to count; to read.

Comments: For the semantics in Jnp. cf. Russ. читать 'read' : считать 'count' : почитать 'reverence, honour'.

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