Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lɨ̄wH (~ ƛ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rice, grain

Chinese: 稻 *lhūʔ (~Łh-) rice, paddy.

Burmese: luh sp. of grain, Panicum paspalum.

Kachin: čǝkhrau¹ paddy ready for husking.

Kiranti: *lV 'millet'

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *l(j)aw (~-ǝw, -ɨw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lick

Kachin: (H) šiŋlau the tongue.

Lushai: hliau to lick (as flames).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[lj]ǝ̆ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lower, down

Tibetan: źoŋ lower, nether, gźaŋ anus.

Kachin: kǝ.31 leŋ.31 'lie (down)'

Lushai: thlaŋ the west; lower; down.

Lepcha: ljáŋ to be shallow ( as water, or as mind, counsel)

Comments: Tib. źoŋ may also go back to *rjoŋ, in which case it may be compared with OC 降 *krūŋ 'descend, go down'. Cf. also Kham gyãh.1, LB *lVŋ 'lie (down); short'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ljǝ̆p

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flash, glitter

Chinese: 熠 *lǝp gleaming.

Burmese: hljap flash, lightning.

Kachin: myiʔ¹-phrap² lightning; (H) nphrap lightning, kǝprap to flash, as lightning.

Lepcha: ljop glitter, flash, glisten

Comments: Bodo ma-blip; Moshang roŋ-lep. Sh. 434; Ben. 49.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ljɨw (-k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: alike, similar, fit

Chinese: 猶 *lu be like, equal

Burmese: ljaw to suit, agree with, be proper; ljauk be fitting, corresponding; lu 'to be similar'

Kachin: (H) khjo be alike.

Lushai: hlauʔ the exact likeness of.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ljɨw (~-iw)

Meaning: dry (of leaves)

Burmese: ljaw be withered, be overriped.

Kachin: lǝphro¹-lǝpra³ dry leaves.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *l(j)un

Meaning: obey, subdue

Chinese: 順 *luns obey, submissive.

Tibetan: ãćhun-pa be tamed, subdued, ãʒ́un-pa subdue, punish, soften.

Lepcha: lján to become tame or familiar with (as animal), to become accustomed to (as to place, food etc.)

Comments: Simon 21; Coblin 146.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏ ( ~ -ǝ̆w)

Meaning: wish, desire

Chinese: 覦 *lo, *los look for, desire.

Burmese: lǝw to want, wish.

Comments: The OCh. form can be alternatively compared with Jnp. mǝju¹ to wish. On the other hand, both forms may be derived from *lŏ ( ~ -ǝ̆w) 'copulate', reconstructed in STEDT 353-355 as *lǝw and reflected in Lakher, Lushei lu, Manchati lui, Chepang luʔ-sa, Gyarung ta-lu 'copulate', Burm. lǝwʔ, lǝwh 'pierce in coitus'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏ (~ -ǝ̆w)

Meaning: snake, snail

Chinese: 蝓 *lo snail.

Tibetan: klu hooked snake; serpent-demon.

Comments: Cf. PAA *lɔ 'snail', SM *go-lo, PAN *haluh 'lizard sp., iguana'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: surpass, increase

Chinese: 愈 *loʔ increase, proceed; all the more; surpass.

Burmese: kjuh to go beyond, trespass, exceed, surpass.

Lushai: lu too, very, excessively.

Kiranti: *lV (?)

Comments: Cf. *l[ǝ̆]w. In some TB languages this root has apparently acquired the meaning 'all', cf. Ao-Mongtsen te-lu, lu-tsɨ, Yimchungli alala, Kaike so-lo, Pumi *LV, perhaps also Nusu li, Sunwar nelle. Cf. Austric: PAN *lalaw 'exceed, surpass', ?PAA *la:j 'many'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏj

Meaning: slippery

Chinese: 瀡 *slhojs slippery.

Burmese: khjwajh be sticky, adhesive.

Kachin: bjoi³ be slippery.

Comments: Kanauri ble to slip; Digaro ble (cf. also Lush. pial to slip?). Ben. 40.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *loj ( ~ ƛ-)

Meaning: buffalo

Burmese: kjwajh buffalo, LB *k-lojx.

Kachin: (H) ŋa-loi, uloi a buffalo.

Comments: Siyin loai; Banpara lui; Midzhu tă-loí; Trung ŋǝ³-lɔi². Sh. 182, 444; Ben. 48.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏ(-k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheep

Chinese: 羭 *lo sheep.

Tibetan: lug sheep.

Burmese: ? sǝwh ram, LB *[z]ǝw(x).

Comments: Kham lū; PG *kjúC^L sheep. Coblin 131.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: abundant, much

Chinese: 裕 *loks ample, abundant.

Burmese: hlauk to add, lauk sufficient, LB *lukx.

Kachin: loʔ³ many, much.

Comments: PG *jòC sufficient; Kham jō^L. Mat. 202.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏk

Meaning: desire, want

Chinese: 欲 *lhok desire, wish.

Burmese: khjǝuk, khrǝuk to like, want.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏk (~-ŭk)

Meaning: manner, custom

Chinese: 俗 *lhok popular usage, custom; rustic; vulgar.

Tibetan: lugs way, manner, fashion.

Comments: Coblin 60, Gong 78.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏk (~-ŭk)

Meaning: continuous, constant

Chinese: 續 *lhok continue.

Tibetan: lhug wide, diffuse, uninterrupted, having no gaps.

Burmese: LB *lukx: Akha lùʔ continue.

Comments: Cf. Chepang lok- far.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lomH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of shoe

Chinese: 踊 *loŋʔ shoes for criminals with lopped toes.

Tibetan: lham boot, shoe.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lon

Meaning: pass

Tibetan: lon-pa to pass, elapse.

Burmese: lwan, hlwan to pass, elapse (Luce).

Comments: Luce 55.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lon ( ~ ƛ-,-u-)

Meaning: bore, pierce

Burmese: lwan a gimlet, to bore with a gimlet.

Kachin: gǝlun² to pierce.

Comments: Mat. 170.