Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năŋH

Meaning: oppose, impede

Chinese: 攘 *n_aŋʔ oppose, disturb.

Tibetan: rnaŋ (p. brnaŋs) be checked, stopped, shut off.

Burmese: naŋ to choke, stop in the throat

Comments: Sh. 38. Cf. Yamphu naŋma 'to defend, intercede'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năp

Meaning: morning, tomorrow

Kachin: mǝnap² the early morning.

Lushai: KC *nap tomorrow.

Lepcha: nap night

Comments: Garo khĭnap-o tomorrow; Moshang i-nap, Namsangia ni-nap id., Rawang năp ni id. Sh. 444.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nap

Meaning: put on

Tibetan: mnabs to put on.

Burmese: phiʔ-nap footwear.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńăp

Meaning: pinch, squeeze

Chinese: 攝 *snap (~-ep) catch, hold, pinch between.

Tibetan: rńab-rńab to seize or snatch together.

Burmese: ńap be pinched, squeezed, hńap to pinch, squeeze

Kachin: ńap² squeeze, extort.

Kiranti: *ńap

Comments: Ben. 47; Mat. 200. Cf. *ńēp. Cf. PAN *qeNeb 'close, shut (door)'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năp (s-)

Meaning: mucus, slime

Tibetan: snabs mucus, snot.

Burmese: hnap mucus, snot, LB *snapx.

Kachin: nep² the mucus of the nose.

Lushai: hnap mucus of the nose, KC *hnap.

Comments: PG *nap mucus; Kham nap^L; Trung ńep¹; Kaike nhap, Magari nāp. Sh. 38, 407; Ben. 35; Mat. 203.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năt

Meaning: heddle (of loom)

Burmese: hnat harness or heddles of a loom.

Kachin: šiŋnat³ the heddle bar of a Kachin loom, (H) sǝnat id.

Lushai: KC *hnat heddle.

Comments: Lakher hna, Ao ǝnet weaver's stick. Sh. 410; Ben. 106.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nat

Meaning: spirit, devil

Burmese: nat a nat, LB *natx.

Kachin: nat³ a spirit (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: Mat. 201. Cf. PAN *qanitu 'ghost, spirit'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*nā (/*-ŋ)]

Meaning: to bear, give birth

Chinese: 孥 wife and children

Comments: This OC word can be compared with various TB forms listed in STEDT under *naŋ 'give birth' (STEDT 152: Kaman, Guiqiong, Tujia), *naŋ 'brood' (STEDT 132: Tamang, Gurung) and *b-na 'bear a child' (STEDT 140-141: Naga, Manang, Thakali).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńāH

Meaning: anger, condemnation

Chinese: 怒 *nāʔ, *nāʔs anger, angry; violent.

Tibetan: brńas to despise, condemn (cf. also mna oath).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nāɫ

Meaning: slippery, smooth

Kachin: mǝnen¹ be slippery, smooth.

Lushai: nāl slippery, smooth, slithery, KC *nāl.

Comments: Moshang -nyār; Banpara nan. Sh. 443.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nāɫH

Meaning: agile, quick

Burmese: nanʔ be light, agile.

Kachin: n.31 nan.33 new

Lushai: nāl (nalʔ) be quick, be agile.

Comments: Cf. also Konyak *ńal 'new'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nā(ŋ)

Meaning: past, ancient

Chinese: 曩 *n_āŋʔ in past time.

Tibetan: gna-bo ancient, in old times.

Comments: Gong 56.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nāŋH / *nāk

Meaning: next day, time after now

Chinese: 乃 *nhǝ̄ʔ ( < *nhǝ̄ŋʔ) then, thereupon (?)

Tibetan: naŋ morning, gnaŋ(s) the day after tomorrow.

Burmese: mǝnak morning, LB *nakx; cf. also naung the future, tomorrow.

Kachin: šǝnaʔ³ night, in opp. to day, mǝnaʔ³ last night, naʔ³ evening.

Lushai: nak-kum next year, nak-thai the day after tomorrow.

Kiranti: *nak

Comments: PG *nVŋ^L. Luce 42, 67.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nār (s-)

Meaning: sigh; (snore > ) nose

Chinese: 嘆 *snār(s) to sigh.

Lushai: hnār nose.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nej

Meaning: breast

Chinese: 奶 *nhrējʔ, *nhējʔ

Lushai: hne to suck the breasts.

Lepcha: njen milk, breast

Comments: PG *ńe^L milk, breasts. STEDT 202-205 *[n/ŋ]ye-n (with an addition of various forms from Tani, Naga, Tamang, Thakali, LB and Karen).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nej

Meaning: penis

Burmese: LB: Lahu nī penis.

Kachin: (Mat.) mǝne¹ penis.

Comments: Mat. 185, STEDT 317-319 *m-ney 'penis'. Cf. also Lakher hnei 'copulate' and some other forms grouped in STEDT 355 together under *s-nay 'copulate', but probably not different from the present root.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nej (-t)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: be, rest

Tibetan: sńe (p. bsńes, f. bsńe, i. sńe ) to lean against, to rest on.

Burmese: nij to live, LB *nij to settle.

Kachin: nit² to sit.

Lushai: ni (niʔ) to be, to go, KC *ni is.

Lepcha: njí to be; to be in a certain place; to exist

Kiranti: *nä̀(s)

Comments: Kanauri ni is. Sh. 59, 134.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nej (~ń-, -ǝj, -aj)

Meaning: get, obtain

Tibetan: rńe-d (p. brńed, brńes, f. brńed) get, obtain, acquire, meet with, find.

Lushai: nei get, have, obtain.

Comments: Bahing ne take. Ben. 66.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nĕjH

Meaning: near

Chinese: 邇 *n_ejʔ near.

Tibetan: ńe near, snen, bsńen to approach, gnen, ńen a relative.

Burmese: nih near, LB *nix.

Kachin: ni² near.

Lushai: hnai (hnaiʔ) near.

Kiranti: *né

Comments: Thakali nye-se. Simon 19; Sh 37, 124; Ben. 65; Mat. 182. A probable derivate is OCh. 人 *nin person ( = Tib. ńen relative).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nĕk

Meaning: strike, hit

Burmese: hnak strike, hit.

Kachin: (H) ńak to beat, squash, as with the butt of a rod; ǝńak³ to shake.

Lushai: hnek, nek to strike, as with the butt.

Lepcha: njăk to shake, to cause to shake, to vibrate, to oscillate

Comments: Cf. Yamphu ni:kma 'to winnow by shaking'.