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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *min
Meaning: claw, fingernail
Kachin: lǝ.31 mjin.33
Comments: Cf. Karen *mVN.2L id. See also notes to *sēn.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mĭnH (s-)
Meaning: ripe
Tibetan: smin to ripen.
Burmese: hmańʔ ripe, LB *[s]minʔ.
Kachin: mjin1 be ripe.
Lushai: hmin ripe, cooked, KC *hmin.
Lepcha: măn, a-măn cooked, ripe, completed
Kiranti: *mìn
Comments: PG *mìm ripen; Thankur khǝmin be ripe; BG: G. min-gipa, Dimasa min~mun, Bodo mǝn to ripen, Kham mìNL; Rawang min; Vayu min; Bahing miŋ; Miri min. Sh. 38, 411; Ben. 106.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *miw
Meaning: insane
Tibetan: mjo, smjo, smjon be insane, mad.
Burmese: mjaw faint.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mījH
Meaning: rice, paddy
Chinese: 米 *mhījʔ rice.
Kachin: ma1 paddy.
Comments: Thankur ma paddy; BG: Bodo may, Garo mi, Dimasa mai; Pwo, Sgaw me boiled rice. Ben. 65, 128, 149. Cf. Austric: PAN *Semay 'rice', PAA *ma / *ma:l 'seed' (Peiros 1998, 222).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mīɫ
Meaning: sleep
Chinese: 眠 *mīn shut the eyes (also *mīnʔ befool).
Burmese: minh faint, hminh shut the eyes, mjańh be sleepy.
Kachin: mjen2-mjen2 to enjoy sleep; (H) mje, mjen to pass off, as into sleep.
Comments: Bahing mjel be sleepy. Ben. 47.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨa
Meaning: magic
Chinese: 巫 *ma magician
Tibetan: mo lot.
Burmese: hmau magic.
Comments: Cf. Kulung mɔ:bɔ 'household rite', mɔ:bɔcha 'shaman'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̆jH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fine, beautiful
Chinese: 娓 *mǝjʔ fine, nice, 美 *mrǝjʔ beautiful, pretty, 媚 *mrǝj-s love, lovable.
Tibetan: smos be pleased, to wish.
Burmese: mwijʔ to feel joy (also 'to enjoy sleep' - under the influence of *mĭjH q.v.).
Kachin: (H) moi perfectly, beautifully.
Lushai: moi beautiful, pretty, KC *moi.
Comments: Sh. 408; Ben. 67.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄H
Meaning: say, instruct
Chinese: 誨 *smǝ̄ʔs instruct (cf. also 謀 *mǝ to plan, counsel)
Tibetan: smo (p., i. smos) to say, notice
Burmese: ? mu principle, ă-mu action
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄H
Meaning: dark, dull
Chinese: 每 *m_ǝ̄ʔ dark, confused, 悔 *smǝ̄ʔs dark, obscure.
Tibetan: rmu, rmus dullness, heaviness.
Burmese: muh be drunk, dizzy.
Kachin: (H) lǝmo be dark, black (Cf. also ma be dark, black).
Comments: Cf. also Kabui Naga *mui 'night', (?) LB *mjVx 'night'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄j
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bud, blossom
Chinese: 枚 *mǝ̄j stem, branch, twig.
Tibetan: me-tog flower.
Kachin: nmoi1 blossoms, as of grain.
Lushai: moi be beginnig to form in the bud (as rice).
Comments: Ben. 67.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄(-k)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dust, rubbish
Chinese: 塺 *mǝ̄ dust.
Burmese: ǝhmǝuk rubbish, refuse.
Lepcha: muk brushwood, weeds, rubbish of any sort
Comments: Miri pömuk dust. Ben. 78. Cf. also: Kar. *meʔ, Tani *mǝ, Nusu mui.35 a.55 'sand', Pumi *mV 'earth'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄k
Meaning: dark
Chinese: 黑 *smǝ̄k black.
Tibetan: mog, smag dark, smug cherry-brown, purple-brown.
Kachin: muʔ2 be dark.
Lushai: mūk dull (in colour).
Kiranti: *mak (*mäk) black
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mɨ̄n (~-ū-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: gate, door
Chinese: 門 *mǝ̄n gate.
Lushai: hmun place, room.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mjal
Meaning: cut
Chinese: 糜 *m(r)aj destroy, crush.
Tibetan: dmjal cut up, cut into little pieces.
Burmese: hmjańh cut into little pieces.
Comments: Coblin 62.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mjar / *mrǝn (?)
Meaning: quick, swift
Tibetan: mjur quick, swift, speedy, smjur be quick.
Burmese: mran be quick, swift.
Comments: See Luce 53 (comparing also OCh. 閔 *m_rǝnʔ to exert oneself).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mjV̆k
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: eye
Chinese: 目 *muk eye.
Tibetan: mig eye, dmig hole.
Burmese: mjak eye, LB *mjak.
Kachin: mjiʔ2 eye.
Lushai: mit, KC *mik the eye.
Lepcha: mik, a-mik the eye; mark, letter; eye-sight
Kiranti: *mìk
Comments: PG *mìC; Miri ǝmik; BG: Garo mik-ron, Dimasa mu, Bodo megón eye; Rawang mɛ ~ nɛ, Trung mĕʔ1; Kham mì; Rgyarung tĕmńăk; Kanauri migʔ eye of needle;; Moshang mak; Namsangia mit; Limbu mik, Vayu mek, Bahing mi-tśi,; Dhimal mi. Simon 10; Sh. 39, 124; Ben. 4, 409, 430; Mat. 199. Cf. also Tib. (d)mjug to show.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m-lǝw
Meaning: swallow
Burmese: mjǝw (OB mljǝw) to swallow, gulp, LB *mlǝw.
Kachin: moʔ3 to take, as in one bite or swallow.
Comments: Kanauri myũ to swallow. Cf. also Angami me-zu; Jnp. mǝjuʔ2 throat, to swallow.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mlŭk]
Meaning: a k. of monkey
Burmese: mjauk monkey, LB *mhlukx.
Comments: Digaro tă-myŭ. ? Cf. Lush. va-hluk the flying lemur. Sh. 189.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mo (~ -ew, -aw)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sky
Burmese: mǝwh sky, rain, LB *mǝwx.
Kachin: lǝmu2 sky.
Comments: PG *mu ~ *mV; Chang Naga müɣ; Rawang mu, Trung mǝ3. Sh. 124; Ben. 72, 110, 148; Mat. 183. Cf. *m(r)ǝ̆(w).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mom / *moŋ
Meaning: mouth of a river
Burmese: ǝhmwamh the mouth of a river.
Lushai: moŋ the mouth of a river.
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