Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŏn

Meaning: ethnic name, barbarian

Chinese: 閩 *m_ǝn, *m_rǝn certain tribes of the South.

Tibetan: mon general name for the different nations living between Tibet and the Indian plain.

Burmese: mwan one of the nations of Burma.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mor (~-ur)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain

Burmese: munʔ bread.

Lushai: hmor-hāŋ name of a sp. of rice.

Lepcha: jă-mór-zo a spec. of zo (rice)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mōk

Meaning: wash, soak

Chinese: 沐 *m_ōk to wash.

Kiranti: *mók / *móŋ

Comments: Cf. PAN *emeg 'damp, moist, dampen'

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mōk

Meaning: hat

Chinese: 冒 *mū(k)s hat.

Tibetan: rmog helmet.

Burmese: ǝmauk comb, crest.

Comments: Cf. *mō(s). Simon 12; Sh. 39; Peiros-Starostin 216.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mōk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tree

Chinese: 木 *mhōk

Comments: Attested also in Karen *mV, Tujia kha.4 moŋ.4 'tree'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mōŋ

Meaning: dark, blind

Chinese: 蒙 *mōŋ darkened, blind.

Tibetan: rmoŋ (p. rmoŋs) be obscured, obscurity.

Burmese: hmǝuŋh be dark, unlit; hmauŋ be dark.

Kachin: muŋ¹ cloudy.

Lepcha: maŋ, pă-maŋ overclouded, met. said of countenance overclouded through sorrow or displeasure; muŋ to be overclouded as sky, mind, to be overcast, so-muŋ cloudy weather

Comments: Simon 16; Sh. 39; Ben. 78. Cf. also Naga *mVŋ 'cloud; night', Gurung *mwVN 'night', Sichuan *muN id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mōŋ / *mōk (~-ū-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: midge, moth

Chinese: 蠓 *mōŋ, *mōŋʔ midge, mosquito.

Tibetan: mug moth, worm.

Comments: Cf. PAA *mVŋ 'gnat, fly'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mō(s)

Meaning: cover

Chinese: 冒 *mū(k)s to cover.

Burmese: ǝmǝwh to cover.

Comments: Cf. *mōk. Luce 29.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)ăH

Meaning: many, big

Chinese: 憮 *m(r)aʔ, *smā great (cf. also 滿 *mārʔ full)

Tibetan: bra to have or be in great plenty.

Burmese: mjah many, LB *mjax.

Kiranti: *mV (?)

Comments: Bodo má be big; Kanauri mra. Ben. 43.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrăŋ

Meaning: see, eye-sight

Chinese: 明 *mraŋ eye-sight.

Burmese: mraŋ to see; LB *mraŋ.

Comments: PG *mraŋ; Rawang yaŋ, Trung jaŋ²; Kham ràŋ to see. Sh. 125.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrăw

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain, seed

Chinese: 苗 *m(r)aw grain in the blade; sprout (cf. also 麰 *mu 'barley')

Tibetan: ãbru grain, seed.

Burmese: mjǝwh (OB mluiw, mliw, mljuiw: Luce 30) seed, grain; sort, kind.

Kachin: mju³ seed, sort.

Lushai: mu a seed, kernel, KC *mu type, variety.

Comments: Bodo mu type, variety; Miri a-mî. Sh. 196; Ben. 43; Mat. 192. For the recurring meaning 'type, sort, variety' cf. OCh. 貌 *mrā(k)ws form, manner, aspect - possibly, a different ST root. See STEDT 338 *s-mu 'ball, egg, testicle' (although the basic meaning is no doubt 'seed'); should be distinguished from *mŭ 'eyeball' q.v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrăwH

Meaning: a kind of settlement or dwelling

Chinese: 廟 *mrawʔ ancestral temple.

Burmese: mrǝwʔ (OB mruiwʔ) town.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrāH / *mrāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horse

Chinese: 馬 *mrāʔ horse.

Burmese: mraŋh horse, LB *mhruŋx.

Kachin: gumra² a horse, a pony; (H) kumraŋ a horse, a pony.

Comments: Haka ray; Kanauri ray; Thebor śaŋ; Chepang saraŋ; Rgyarung nporo, poro, moro. Sh. 121, 135, 143, 410; Ben. 43; Mat. 182.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrān