Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *maw (~-ew)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mushroom

Tibetan: ? mog-śa, mog-ro mushroom.

Burmese: hmǝw, LB *s-mǝw mushroom.

Kachin: kǝmu¹ mushroom.

Lushai: KC: Mikir ki-mu.

Comments: BG: Dimasa mŭ-khmu, Garo meʔ-gu-mu, Bodo mǝy-khúm; (?) Kham mòN id. Sh. 407; Ben. 114; Mat. 169.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mā (-t)

Meaning: lower part, end

Chinese: 末 *māt tip, end.

Tibetan: ma a root signifying below, dma, sma be low, smad the lower part.

Comments: Kham me-kǝ down below, me dà downward, me-lǝ down below. Gong 71.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māj

Meaning: touch

Chinese: 摩 *m_āj touch; rub; close to.

Burmese: hmi touch.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mājH

Meaning: small

Chinese: 麼 *m_ājʔ small.

Burmese: hmwah be tiny.

Kachin: ma² child; (H) lǝma some, few.

Kiranti: *(ʔi)mi-

Comments: Bodo mén little; Kanauri mi; Vayu mĭ; Hrusso B mī́. Sh. 171. Cf. also OCh. 微 *mǝj minute, small, ? Jnp. ǝmun small dust-like particles. There apparently also existed a synonymous root *mar - reflected in Bodo *mǝr, Magar mar-khe, Ersu mar.55 mar.55 'small', but in most languages it is difficult to distinguish from *mājH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: son-in-law

Tibetan: mag, dmag son-in-law.

Burmese: sa-mak son-in-law, LB *smakx.

Kachin: dǝmaʔ³ son-in-law.

Lushai: māk-pa a sister's or daughter's husband (LS), KC *māk.

Lepcha: myók a bridegroom, a son-in-law

Kiranti: *mak ( ~ -o-,-ǝ-)

Comments: PG *maC^L younger sister's husband; Thankur mak-cinaw two clans closely related due to a number of marriages; Pwo, Sgaw maʔ son-in-law; Miri mak-bo; Dhimal hma-wa;. Sh. 38, 409; Ben. 71, 136; Mat 201.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: want, love

Chinese: 慕 *māks love, think longingly of, 莫 *m_āk to plan, deliberate.

Burmese: mak be greedy, lustful.

Comments: Luce 67; Coblin 105.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mākʷ

Meaning: dumb, dull

Chinese: 眊 *m_ākʷ, *m_rākʷ, *m_ākʷs dull-sighted.

Burmese: mǝuk be ignorant, dumb.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mā̆n

Meaning: a k. of fish

Chinese: 饅 *m_ā̆n eel.

Kachin: (H) man a shark.

Comments: Another possibility is OCh. 鮸 *m_arʔ a k. of fish.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māŋ

Meaning: great, much

Chinese: 芒, 茫 *māŋ, 荒 *smāŋ great, extensive.

Tibetan: maŋ much.

Burmese: maŋh king, LB *maŋx elder.

Lepcha: món much, many; a number, a flock, a crowd

Comments: Trung dǝmaŋ big (of persons). Sh. 72. Cf. Ao-Chungli temaŋ 'all', Pumi *mV ( < *mVŋ) id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māw

Meaning: water weed

Chinese: 芼 *m_āw vegetable plants (esp. used in soup).

Burmese: hmaw seaweed.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *māw(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair

Chinese: 毛 *mhāw hair.

Burmese: LB *mǝwʔ hair.

Kiranti: *mù body hair

Comments: Cf. also Magar mi-mha, Sichuan *mu 'hair'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mej]

Meaning: a k. of deer

Chinese: 麛 *m_ēj fawn, 麋 *m_rij a k. of deer.

Comments: Bodo mǝy deer. Here perhaps the word for 'meat' in some TB languages: Konyak *mei, Kabui *kǝ-mV, Chepang mayʔ, (?) Lepcha mán.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mĕjH (-t)

Meaning: wash

Chinese: 渳 *m_ejʔ wash.

Tibetan: ? mi-ma 'tear'

Kachin: mjit¹ to wash the face.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mĕjH (~-ia-)

Meaning: forget

Burmese: mijʔ to forget, lose conscience, LB *mijʔ.

Lushai: hmaiʔ (Sh.).

Comments: ? PG *ml[è] to forget; Bodo gǝ-mǝ́ to forget, lose; Kham mē^L to forget; Rgyarung ko-si-mis. Sh. 76.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *meɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: face

Chinese: 面 *mhens face.

Kachin: man¹ the face.

Lushai: hmēl face, looks, appearance (? cf. also hmai the face).

Lepcha: mlem, a-mlem face

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *me[ŋ]

Meaning: wen, goitre

Tibetan: rmen gland, wen.

Burmese: mraŋh wen, goitre.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mĕt

Meaning: press

Kachin: mjet³ be pressed or pinned down.

Lushai: hmet (hmeʔ) press with the finger.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mējH

Meaning: fire

Chinese: 火 *sm[ē]jʔ fire.

Tibetan: me fire.

Burmese: mih, LB *m[e]jh fire.

Kachin: mji² fire (only in compounds).

Lushai: mei fire, KC *mèi.

Lepcha: mí fire

Kiranti: *mì

Comments: PG *m[e]; Kanauri mĕ; Kham mḕ ^L; Rgyarung timi. Simon 19; Sh. 38, 124, 139. Ben. 65.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mēŋ

Meaning: a k. of harmful insect

Chinese: 螟 *m_ēŋ insect damaging grain.

Kachin: (H) mjeŋ a k. of beetle.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mē̆t

Meaning: extinguish, destroy

Chinese: 蔑 *mēt destroy, extinguish; have no; 滅 *met extinguish, destroy.

Tibetan: med-pa not exist, have not.

Kachin: (Ben.) si-mit.

Lushai: mit (miʔ) die out, be extinguished, KC *mit.

Lepcha: mŭt to be finished, as word, cause

Comments: BG: Garo ki-mit; Miri mit; Rawang sǝmit; Sh. 196, 410; Ben. 80; Coblin 61-62.