Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tī̆k
Meaning: a biting creature (leech, scorpion)
Tibetan: sdig scorpion.
Lushai: tīt (LS) a centipede.
Lepcha: dik lăŋ-ǯ́ik scorpion
Comments: Garo na-tik shrimp (na fish). Ben. 26. Here perhaps Bodo *tik 'louse' (rather than to *śrik). Cf. PAN *bitek / *bituk 'intestinal worm', *tektek 'gecko, house lizard'.