Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrēk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vein, root

Chinese: 脈 *mhrēk vein.

Burmese: mrać (OB mryat) root.

Comments: Cf. also Tani *mya-mi[k] root.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrǝ̆k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pasture, meadow

Chinese: 牧 *m(r)ǝk pasture-grounds; to herd, herdsman.

Tibetan: ãbrog solitude, wilderness, summer-pasture.

Burmese: mrak grass, LB *m(h)rukx.

Comments: Kanauri myak grass. Simon 9, Ben. 43.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)ǝ̆n

Meaning: ask

Chinese: 問 *mhǝns ask, make inquires.

Tibetan: smon-pa to wish, require

Burmese: mranh to ask (in the compound mijh-mranh to ask).

Comments: Cf. PAA *ma:ń 'ask, tell'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)ǝ̆w

Meaning: fog, mist

Chinese: 霧 *mh(r)o(k)s fog, mist.

Tibetan: rmu fog.

Burmese: mru fog, mist.

Kiranti: Dumi mōsɨsom 'smoke' (?)

Comments: Cf. *mo, *mɨ̄H.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)ɨ̆ (~-ŭ; -t)

Meaning: taste

Chinese: 味 *mǝts taste.

Tibetan: bro to taste, to smell, brod taste.

Kachin: mu¹ to taste good.

Comments: Thankur khǝŋǝmш̀ be tasty. Shimon 18.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrɨăH

Meaning: dance

Chinese: 舞 *m(r)aʔ dance.

Tibetan: bro dance.

Comments: Simon 14.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)[ɨā̆]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: brother, elder brother

Chinese: 兄 *smraŋ elder brother, 孟 *mrāŋs eldest (of brothers).

Tibetan: miŋ brother in relation to his sister.

Burmese: mauŋ brother, LB *moŋ; ʔuh-mauŋh uncle.

Comments: Ben. 189, Luce 75. Cf. *māŋ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)ōŋ ( / -ū-)

Meaning: full, filled

Chinese: 饛 *m_ōŋ full (e. g. food vessel).

Burmese: mrǝuŋ be full, overflow.

Comments: PG *mrVN enough.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mruam

Meaning: chew, munch

Burmese: mrumʔ to chew.

Kachin: mom² to nibble, munch, sip.

Lushai: hmuam, hmom keep in mouth, KC *hmuam.

Comments: Sh. 407.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrV̄m

Meaning: shaggy

Chinese: 尨 *mrōŋ shaggy dog.

Kachin: mjam be shaggy, tangled.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrV̆ŋ(H)

Meaning: order, command

Chinese: 命 *mriŋs order, command.

Burmese: minʔ order, command.

Kachin: muŋ² an order, instruction.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭ

Meaning: eyeball

Chinese: 眸 *m_(r)u pupil of the eye.

Lushai: mit-mu eyeball.

Comments: Cf. notes under *mrăw.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mu

Meaning: hawk, kite

Lushai: mu a hawk, a kite, a falcon, KC *M-r-mu.

Kiranti: *mu hawk

Comments: Miri pĕ-mui; Rawang thǝmö, Trung tǝ³-mǝ² eagle. Sh. 196; Ben. 61.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m[ua]n

Meaning: sorcery, magic

Chinese: 萬 *mans (~-rs) ritual dance.

Tibetan: sman she-demons worshipped by common folk; herbs, medicine, drug.

Burmese: manh to practice magic, sorcery.

Kachin: lǝmum¹ a witch.

Comments: PG *mVn medicine.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *muar

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mould

Chinese: 黴 *mǝ̄j mould.

Kachin: (H) čǝmu mould, mildew (?).

Lushai: hmuar mould, mildew.

Comments: Thankur khǝmor be musty or mouldy. Cf. Kham mos become mouldy and stale.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *muj

Meaning: demon, evil spirit

Tibetan: dmu, rmu a k. of evil spirit.

Lushai: hmui-thla apparition, wraith, ghost (LS).

Comments: Thangkur khǝmaw a k. of evil spirit.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭjH ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flowing water; cloud

Chinese: 浘 *m_ǝjʔ flowing water.

Burmese: muh small river, rivulet.

Kachin: sǝ.33 mui.33 cloud

Lushai: KC *mei cloud

Comments: Cf. also Miju ka.1 măi.2, Bodo *zǝ-mǝʔi, Chang (Konyak) saŋmei 'cloud', Tangkul mui-ya id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*muk]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cubit, length of hand or arm

Burmese: mǝuk measure with breadth of fist.

Comments: BG: Garo mik cubit, Bodo mu arm-length. Ben. 82.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭl

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair

Chinese: 眉 *mrǝj eyebrow.

Tibetan: smin eye-brow.

Burmese: mwijh hair.

Kachin: mun¹ feather.

Lushai: hmul hair, fur, wool; KC *hmul.

Lepcha: ă-mjal, ă-mjel

Comments: Murmi mui body hair; BG: Garo ki-mil, Dimasa khi-mi; Moshang (kǝ)-mūl feather; Kham mùl^L body hair (cf. also mùs^L pubic hair, mǝN^L moustache); Rawang mil, Trung aŋ³-mǝ̆l¹; Rgyarung rmyi. Simon 21; Sh. 122, 125; Ben. 15-16.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭl (~-ɨ̆-)

Meaning: a k. of edible plant

Chinese: 薇 *m_ǝj an edible plant (fern).

Burmese: mun-la cabbage.

Lepcha: tŭŋ-mel pót a melon, a musk-melon

Comments: Bodo mǝy-ta a k. of sour vegetable. Cf. forms for 'root' in some TB languages: Sherpa mɛr, Apatani lɨ-ma, Naga *ma(n).