Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bŭn(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dust, flour

Chinese: 粉 *pǝnʔ peeled grain; flour.

Tibetan: spun, sbun chaff, husks.

Burmese: phun dust.

Kachin: nbun³ dust.

Comments: Cf. Naga Zeme tin-bun 'ashes'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ŭrH

Meaning: carry, hold

Burmese: pwijʔ to hold, embrace, take into arms.

Kachin: pon¹ to carry in the arms, as a babe.

Lushai: phur (phurʔ) to carry on the back; to bear.

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *paRo 'snatch, seize, rob', PAA *pVr 'touch'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bŭt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dust, dirt

Chinese: � *b_ǝt dust tossed up into the air (cf. also 勃 *b_ǝ̄t powdery (of soil)).

Tibetan: bud a cloud of dust, every darkening of the air through dry matter.

Burmese: phut dust.

Kachin: ǝbut² dirt, trash.

Lushai: phut scurfy, floury, powdery.

Lepcha: fat earth

Comments: Bodo gǝ-bǝd dirt. Cf. also Jnp. šǝbat filth; Naga Mzieme mi-maŋ-bɨt, Kabui mbut 'ashes', Ao-Chungli mepet, Yimchungli yin-pɨ 'cloud'. Sh. 46.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ū

Meaning: wear, garment

Chinese: 袍 *bhū a long cotton-lined tunic (cf. also 褒 *pū beautiful garment).

Kachin: lǝbu² to wear, as a skirt or trousers.

Lushai: bun put on (rings, socks), KC *bu, *bun.

Comments: Cf. Thado bu, Lakher ǝbu wear. Ben. 103.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ūl (~-ɫ)

Meaning: gather

Kachin: phon² to gather together.

Lushai: phūl to gather together.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bVŋ

Meaning: possess, control

Burmese: pǝuŋ to possess, have, control.

Kachin: (H) bjeŋ, biŋ to rule, to control.

Comments: A possible loan.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bV̆ŋ

Meaning: kinship term

Burmese: phaŋ ancestor in the fifth generation.

Lushai: (Sh) phuŋ-, KC *phuŋ clan.

Comments: BG: Dimasa seŋ-phoŋ clan. Sh. 46. Cf. PAN *puaŋ 'title of respect'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]V̄ŋ (?)

Meaning: bladder

Chinese: 膀胱 *bhāŋ-kʷāŋ urinary bladder.

Lushai: phīŋ the bladder.

Comments: Kham puN-ci bladder.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ća

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: great, big

Tibetan: ćhe great.

Burmese: ćah to be big (compared to smth.).

Kachin: (H) tiŋ-ǯa great.

Comments: Cf. also OC 將 *ćaŋ 'great, grand'; perhaps also 且 *ćhiaʔ more, moreover, and; Tib. bćas 'together with'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ć]a

Meaning: net

Chinese: 罝 *ćia rabbit-net.

Lushai: sa (sak) to make (as net), to net.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ca

Meaning: rust

Tibetan: bca rust, blight.

Burmese: ćah to rust.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ĆăH

Meaning: chew, bite

Chinese: 咀 *ʒ́_aʔ chew.

Tibetan: ãćha to bite, ãćhas to gnaw off.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *căj

Meaning: play

Tibetan: rce (p. rces, i. rce(s)) to play, to sport, to joke, rced id.

Burmese: kǝćah to play.

Kachin: čai¹ to play.

Lushai: čai to try one's strength with another in play.

Kiranti: *cVt (/ʔc-)

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. zoi to joke, play tricks with. Ben. 65. Final -t in PK is perhaps a suffix; cf. the Kulung form without it.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *căk (~ć-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: red (metal), gold

Kachin: (?) ǯa² metal.

Lushai: raŋ-ka-čak gold (cf. rāŋ-va tin), KC *ka-tśak.

Comments: BG: Dimasa gă-dźao red; gold, Garo gittśak red; Rawang za silver; money; Idu *ši, Nocte achak 'red' Sh. 54; Ben. 46. Cf. perhaps Karen: Geker ḍʒaʔ.53 'black', Apatani ʒì, Naga *kǝcik, Magar cik 'black'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Ćal]

Meaning: clay, plaster

Tibetan: źal-ba clay, lime-floor.

Comments: Kanauri tshal to plaster. Sh. 136.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćăm

Meaning: moisten, soak

Chinese: 漸 *ćam moisten; dip down into; 潛 *ʒ́am go in water, sink.

Burmese: ćhamh to scatter or sprinkle (a liquid upon an article of food).

Kachin: čam² be soaked, saturated.

Lepcha: ǯam to dip into water, to immerse

Comments: The OCh. word is also written as 瀸, which is a later (since Han) graphic variant.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cam

Meaning: bridge

Tibetan: zam bridge.

Burmese: LB *cam bridge.

Comments: PG *cam bridge; Kham chǝ̀m bridge; Kanauri tsham. Sh. 136. ? Cf. PAN *ezan, *haRezan 'notched log, ladder' ( < ST, cf. Peiros 1998, 220?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ćam

Meaning: a large vessel

Chinese: 鬵 *ʒ́am large boiler.

Tibetan: zem cask, barrel.

Lepcha: tŭk-čím a cup

Kiranti: *cam ( ~ ʔc-)

Comments: Tib. may be borrowed from Chinese, cf. MCh. ʒjem, zjim.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *căm ( ~ ć-)

Meaning: touch, feel

Burmese: ćamh to feel, as with the hand.

Kachin: čam³ to try, experiment, to test.

Lushai: tham to feel (especially with the hand).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Can

Meaning: strong

Tibetan: bcan strong, mighty, powerful.

Burmese: san be strong, vigorous, thrifty.