Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŏr

Meaning: cattle, ox

Chinese: 犉 *n_ur ox 7 feet high.

Tibetan: nor wealth, property.

Burmese: nwah bull, ox or cow, LB *nwax.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŏt ( ~ -ŭ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gnat, moth

Chinese: 蚋 *n_ots mosquito, gnat.

Kachin: mǝnut² a moth.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńōk

Meaning: rub

Tibetan: rńog (pf. brńogs, f. brńog) to rub one's self; ńug-pa rub, stroke, caress.

Lushai: nōk to rub against.

Kiranti: *núk(s)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nōrH

Meaning: warm

Chinese: 暖 *nōrʔ warm

Burmese: nwijh, LB *Nujx warm

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nrăH ( / *nrăk, *nrăŋ)

Meaning: woman

Chinese: 女 *nraʔ woman, lady, girl, 娘 *nraŋ young lady, woman.

Tibetan: ńag woman.

Kachin: ǝnaŋ⁴ a daughter of a chief.

Comments: Simon 11; Peiros-Starostin 218.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nrē̆ɫH

Meaning: soft

Tibetan: mńen flexible, supple; mńel to tan (of hides).

Burmese: najʔ be loose, not firm.

Lushai: nēl soft (as skin), nel flexible, supple, pliant.

Comments: Sh. 75. The root tends to be confused with *nɨănH to press (q. v.), hence the comparison with OCh. *nranʔ, see Bod. 77, Coblin 146.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n(r)ǝ̆j

Meaning: red, shame

Chinese: 怩 *n_rǝj ashamed.

Burmese: ni be red; LB *(s)nVj.

Kiranti: *ńu[n] (?)

Comments: Gyarung kǝwurni red, tǝrni gold. Ben. 46, 91.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n(r)ĭ

Meaning: soft, smooth, slippery

Chinese: 膩 *nrijs fat, slippery.

Tibetan: sńi, sńin soft, smooth, tender.

Burmese: ńi be even, be level.

Kachin: mǝni² be soft (also ńa²).

Comments: Luce 12.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n(r)[iǝ̄]k

Meaning: blame, humiliate

Chinese: 眲 *n_rǝ̄k, *n_ǝks look on with contempt, disdain.

Kachin: (H) nik to humiliate.

Lushai: nēk cause to bear the blame.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nrɨ̆w (-k)

Meaning: mix

Chinese: 糅 *n_rus mixed.

Tibetan: rńog (p. brńogs, f. brńog) to trouble, stir up.

Burmese: hnauh to mix, mingle.

Comments: Luce 25.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nru ( ~ -o, -aw)

Meaning: buy, price

Tibetan: ńo (p., i. ńos) to buy.

Kachin: mǝnu¹ a price, cost.

Comments: Cf. perhaps OC 貿 *mrō(ʔ)-s ( ~ *mrū(ʔ)-s) 'to barter' < *m-nru ? ( = Jnp. mǝnu).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭ

Meaning: tread, trace

Chinese: 蹂 *n_u, *n_uʔ, *n_us tread, trample.

Kachin: kǝnu⁴ a pattern of carving or embroidery.

Lushai: hnu to print, a mark.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: soft, young

Chinese: 柔 *nu soft, mild, gentle, 揉 *nu make pliable, twist, knead.

Burmese: ǝnuʔ, nuh be soft, nuʔ be young, tender, delicate. LB *nux; hnuh to soften.

Kachin: (H) nu be soft, tender, slack, as a rope; no² be soft, as a blade.

Lushai: nô the young of animals, birds etc.; young, soft, tender, KC *-no.

Kiranti: *ní- // *nú- new (?)

Comments: Rawang nu. Sh. 408; Ben. 63; Coblin 136. Cf. also: Kanauri nyūg, Miji mu-gu-niw, Manipuri anou-ba 'new'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nual

Meaning: calm, tranquil

Chinese: 綏 *snuj calm, solemn; to comfort, give repose to (cf. also 妥 *snōjʔ tranquil, at ease, sit at ease).

Tibetan: rnal rest; tranquility of mind.

Burmese: nwajʔ 'to fawn, bill'

Comments: Coblin 124.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nualH

Meaning: soft

Chinese: 耎, 軟 *norʔ soft, weak, 懦 *n_ōrʔ, *n_ōrs (~ *n_ōjʔ, *n_ōjs) weak.

Kachin: (H) noi be soft, tender; be limp.

Lushai: hnual to lose its hardness (as steel).

Lepcha: njól to be soft, bad (applied to iron), to be hard, troublesome to cut (said of wood)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nuam

Meaning: satisfied, pleased

Tibetan: nom (p. noms) be satisfied.

Burmese: nwam be submissive, complacent.

Kachin: num² become quiet, calm.

Lushai: nuam (nom) be comfortable, pleasant, nuam to wish, want, like.

Comments: Cf. also Garo nam-a, Rabha nem-a 'good'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nuāk / *nuāŋ (s-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pus

Chinese: 膿 *nhūŋ pus.

Tibetan: rnag, snag matter, pus.

Kiranti: *nek

Comments: PG *naC^L pus; Kanauri stag pus. Simon 12; Sh. 134; Luce 63. Cf. PAN *nanaq 'pus' < ST? (Peiros 1998, 220).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n[uā]ŋ

Meaning: thick (of liquids)

Chinese: 濃 *nōŋ, *nroŋ thick, rich (e. g. dew), 醲 *nōŋ thick, strong (e. g. drink).

Lushai: hnāŋ (nhān) be thick (of liquid).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *n[u]j

Meaning: laugh

Kachin: mǝni¹ to laugh.

Lushai: nui (nuiʔ) to laugh, smile, KC *m-nui.

Comments: Dimasa mi-mi; Moshang ni, Namsangia ŋi; Trung ńi¹-či³ to laugh. Sh. 408, 429; Ben. 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńuj

Meaning: fade, wither

Tibetan: rńid-pa (perf. brńi') to wither, fade.

Burmese: hńǝwh dull, faded, wither.

Kachin: (Mat.) ńui² faded, wilted, withered (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: Nung ŋyö withered, ǝnyü fade. Ben. 44; Mat. 183; Luce 28. Here perhaps some TB forms meaning 'green' or 'yellow': Nung ńɨ̃, Trung (Anong) [tćhɨ.35 phɨ.31] ńɨ.31 'green', Sichuan *C-ńi 'green, yellow; black'. Cf. PAN *huñus 'molt, shed'.