Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆w ( ~ *lua)

Meaning: take, pull towards oneself

Chinese: 揄 *lo, *lōʔ pull towards oneself.

Tibetan: lo-n to take, to receive.

Kachin: lu² have, possess.

Lushai: luaʔ occupy, possess; lô (loʔ) to pluck, pick or gather, KC *lo.

Comments: Moshang lu seize; Namsangia lu- catch; Rawang lu take. Sh. 404, 434.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̄m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: burn, blaze, heat

Chinese: 燂 *l_ǝ̄m, *lham to heat, blaze; to roast or boil soft.

Tibetan: slam to roast slightly; to parch.

Burmese: kjwamh parch, roast.

Kachin: gǝlam² to flash,as bright steel, cf. also brim² be bright, gǝbrim² to shine; (H) kǝpram to shine as the sun through the clouds, kǝbram to shine.

Lepcha: lím to flame up, as fire

Comments: Mantśati hlam-; Sh.138. Cf. also OCh. 炎 *lam, *lams blaze,blazing, *lam, *lām brilliant, magnificent, 燄 *lamʔ, *lams to flame up (but see also *GʷVm); Burm. ǝhljam brilliance, shine, mih-hljam flame; Kham pǝ̆laN bright, lit up. See Bod. 100; Ben. 48. Cf. *lɨ̆m.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̄p

Meaning: speak, talk

Chinese: 誻 l_ǝ̄p garrulous.

Tibetan: lab to speak, talk, tell.

Lepcha: lap to address king; klep to echo the words of another as of great man; to chime in with, to repeat the words of another

Comments: Coblin 145-146.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lĭ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fruit, seed

Chinese: 實 *lit fruit (cf. also 犀 *slhǝ̄j 'melon seed')

Tibetan: li apple, sli apple, cherry.

Kachin: li¹, nli¹ seed.

Kiranti: *li (*lej)

Comments: Cf. also notes under *ƛǝ̄j. Cf. STEDT 310-311 *li 'seed' (listing, besides Jingpaw, many forms from Tani, Deng, Naga, Tsangla, Qiang and Tujia).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plough

Chinese: 耜 *lhǝʔ ploughshare, to plough.

Kachin: gje¹ to do fall-ploughing.

Comments: Jnp. gje¹ can be alternatively compared with OCh. 嵇 *kīj, see *kīj.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: soak

Chinese: 淫 *lǝm to soak.

Kachin: (H) prim be soaked.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̆ŋ

Meaning: neck

Chinese: 頸 *k(l)eŋʔ, *g(l)eŋ neck (?)

Tibetan: ãʒ́iŋ, mʒ́iŋ neck.

Burmese: lań neck, LB *liŋ.

Lepcha: liŋ, a-liŋ, tŭk-liŋ, tŭŋ-liŋ neck, cervical vertebra

Comments: Nung liŋ; Abor a-liŋ; Miri ɔlüŋ. Sh. 195; Ben. 33. Possibly Austric: cf. PAA *lɔŋ, PMY *kla:ŋ.A 'neck, throat'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̆ŋ (p-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: full

Chinese: 盈 *leŋ full, fill.

Tibetan: liŋ a whole piece ( > Lepcha liŋ to be abundant, to be superfluous ?)

Burmese: prańʔ be full, phrańʔ to fill, LB *pliŋʔ.

Kachin: phriŋ⁴ be full (cf. also tiŋ² be complete, congest).

Lushai: KC *pliŋ ?.

Lepcha: bljăn

Kiranti: *blìŋ

Comments: PG *plIŋʔ get filled; BG: Dimasa phuluŋ fill in, Bodo buŋ be full; Nung biŋ; Kanauri böŋ; Miri büŋ; Digaro bloŋ. Sh. 410; Ben. 40; Mat. 167.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̄k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fear, be afraid

Chinese: 惕 *slēk fear, respect.

Tibetan: ãʒ́igs be afraid of a thing.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̄p

Meaning: reach

Chinese: 遝 *lhǝ̄p reach to, 逮 *lhǝ̄p-s id.

Tibetan: sleb (p. (b)slebs, f. bsleb) to arrive, to reach.

Comments: Mantshati hleb-; Bunan leb-. Sh. 138.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̄p

Meaning: join, all

Chinese: 沓 *l_ǝ̄p join, unite.

Tibetan: lib all.

Burmese: Bola a-lap 'all'

Lepcha: klap, klap-lă closely joined; klep to join the bamboos (pă-dam etc.) together for more easy carriage

Comments: ? Cf. Tib. sdeb to mix, mingle; to join, unite.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lij ( ~ ƛ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: boat

Burmese: hlij boat, LB *s-lij.

Kachin: li¹ boat.

Lushai: KC *m-liy.

Comments: Pwo khli, Sgaw khli, Taungthu phri. Ben. 132; Mat. 171.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lij (*lūj)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wind, breeze

Chinese: 頹 *l(h)ūj destructive wind, gale

Burmese: lij wind, LB *C-lij.

Kachin: buŋ²-li³ breeze.

Lushai: thli, KC *khli.

Comments: Bodo mǝray; Pwo li, Sgaw kǝli. Sh. 195; Ben. 114; Mat. 190.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lĭj (p-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: four

Chinese: 四 *slhij-s.

Tibetan: bźi four.

Burmese: lijh four, LB *(b)lijx.

Kachin: mǝli¹ four.

Lushai: li four, KC *b-n-d'-li

Kiranti: *bhlí ( / *bhä́li)

Comments: PG *plì^L; BG: Garo bri, Dimasa biri; Kanauri pö; Moshang bă-li; Namsangia bĕ-li; Thulung bli; Digaro kǝprei; Miri phli; Trung bli². Simon 19; Sh. 125, 134, 407, 434; Ben. 94; Mat. 184. Note PMY *pleɨ.A 'four'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lijH

Meaning: winnow, strain

Burmese: hlijʔ to winnow (grain).

Lushai: thli (thlit) to strain, strain through a strainer; cf. also thlei to sift (by side to side motion).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lĭk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: testicle; glans penis

Tibetan: rlig testicle.

Burmese: LB *lek testicle (Mat.)

Lushai: lik the glans penis.

Comments: STEDT 333-334 *r-li-k 'testicle, egg, penis'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liŋ

Meaning: mount, a k. of vehicle

Chinese: 乘 *lǝŋ to mount, *lǝŋs chariot ( < *liŋ, *liŋ-s ?).

Burmese: hlańh vehicle.

Kachin: leŋ² a vehicle, a wheel.

Comments: Cf. *lǝ̆ŋ 'rise, ascend'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liŋ ( ~ -iǝŋ; k-)

Meaning: tube

Tibetan: gliŋ fife; flageolet.

Burmese: kjań tube closed at one side (OB klań).

Comments: Ben. 41.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liŋ (~-iǝ-) (p-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pus, abscess

Tibetan: lhiŋ tumor filled with matter, an abscess.

Burmese: prań pus, LB *pliŋ ́.

Lepcha: fren, frań boil, ulcer (?)

Comments: Pwo, Sgaw phi pus. Ben 143.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *liŋ (~-iǝŋ)

Meaning: round, rotate

Tibetan: liŋs quite round or globular.

Burmese: lań to turn around, hlańʔ to cause to turn around.

Comments: Cf. PAN *baliŋ 'turn, revolve'.