Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nuk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: meat

Chinese: 肉 nhuk ( ~ nhikʷ) meat, flesh

Kiranti: *nVk

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭk ( ~ -ŏ-)

Meaning: egg, embryo

Chinese: 鮞 *n_uk (but also *n_ǝ) eggs of fish.

Kachin: noʔ² a tadpole.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭl ( ~ -ŏ-)

Meaning: band, strap, strip

Chinese: 蕤 *n_uj hanging bands of cap, 緌 *n_uj tassel, free-hanging end of band, 踒 *snhuj strap on carrying for help in mounting.

Tibetan: snal raw silk; yarn

Kachin: n-non² long strips of shavings used as ornaments, (H) unon id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭrH (~-ŏrH)

Meaning: move (slightly)

Chinese: 蝡 *n_orʔ wriggle, move slightly.

Tibetan: nur to change place or posture; to move a little, snur (p., f. bsnur) move out of its place.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nut

Meaning: vessel; mouth

Tibetan: snod vessel, bu-snod womb

Burmese: hnut mouth; womb

Comments: Cf. also Karen nɔʔ 'mouth, beak'; see STEDT 304-306 *s-n[u/o]t. Here probably also (with loss of *-t): Motuo no waŋ, Dhimal nui, Rourou ńi.44 [to.44], Trung *nVi, Sichuan *ńV(N) mouth. Cf. PAN *suŋut 'labial circle, snout, mouth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nūH / *nūk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: brain

Chinese: 腦 *nūʔ (~-āwʔ) brain.

Burmese: uh-hnauk the brain, LB *(s)-nukx.

Kachin: nuʔ³ the brain.

Comments: Trung u¹-nǝ̆ʔ¹; Pwo nŭʔ, Sgaw nuʔ. Ben. 144, 150; Mat. 201. Here probably also: Mikir nu, Karen *noŋ.1B 'horn'. Cf. PAN (Form.) *punuq 'brain' (Sag. 2; probably < ST).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nūl (~-ō-,-ɫ)

Meaning: rub

Kachin: gǝnun² rub, (H) mǝnun rub with the fingers.

Lushai: nūl brush past, rub against.

Comments: Garo nol rub, knead. Ben. 78.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nū̆p (~-uap)

Meaning: enter, sink

Chinese: 入 *nǝp enter, 內 *nǝ̄p to bring in, *nūps inside.

Tibetan: nub the west, evening; to fall gragually; to sink.

Kachin: nip² to shade, cast a shadow, šiŋnip² shadow (?)

Lepcha: nŭp be covered with water

Kiranti: *n[è]p / *n[è]m

Comments: BG: Garo nap, Dimasa hap, Bodo hap enter, sink; Trung nǝm¹-nup¹ west; Lepcha nŭp be covered with water. Ben. 75, 83-84. Cf. PAN *ceñeb, -ñeb 'dive, submerge', *ce(R)neb, -neb id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nūt (~-ō-)

Meaning: rub

Kachin: ǝnut² to rub, as when washing a garment; to trample down.

Lushai: nōt (noʔ) to rub (against), to brush.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: demonstrative pronoun

Chinese: 那 *nāj that (late)

Kachin: naŋ⁴ here, niŋ⁴ thus, in this manner

Kiranti: *na-

Comments: Also reflected in: Karen *nV that, Kanauri nŭ, Phom (Konyak) ńi, Kham nō 'that'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̄m

Meaning: side, rib

Tibetan: snam-brag, snam-logs bosom.

Burmese: nam-rǝwh rib.

Lushai: nēm the side betwen the top of the hip-bone and the lowest rib.

Comments: Luce 42.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̄m

Meaning: take, pinch, gather

Chinese: 捻 *nhēmʔ (since Han), 拈 *nhēm (since MCh) to pinch, take in the fingers, pick up.

Tibetan: snom (p. bsnams, f. bsnam) to take, to seize, take up, nom (p. noms) to seize, to lay hold of.

Kachin: (H) kǝnom to gather, amass, hoard.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 任 *nǝm (~-im) carry, to load. The root occasionally reveals the semantics *'pinch, seize' > 'bite', cf. Motuo ŋam ( < *ńVm), Gallong ńam.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*nVm]

Meaning: village

Lushai: KC *Nam village.

Comments: Thulung nē; Bhramu nam. Sh. 204.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńV̄̆m

Meaning: mind; peace, comfort

Chinese: 恁 *n_ǝm ( ~ -im) think, 念 *nīms think of.

Tibetan: ńam soul, mind, sńam to think, suppose.

Burmese: hnam quiet; detract, pacify.

Kachin: nem¹ to pacify, as a child.

Lushai: hnēm (hnem) to comfort, console.

Kiranti: *mìm remember (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńV(n)

Meaning: hear

Tibetan: ńan (i. ńon) to hear, sńan ear.

Kiranti: *ńì(-s)

Comments: PG *ńen obey; Bahing nin-; Kulung yen-; Rodong yen-. Sh. 151. Cf. *nǝ̆H.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńVŋ

Meaning: a k. of contagious disease

Tibetan: sńuŋ disease, illness, sickness.

Burmese: hńaŋ a contagious skin disease appearing in white spots on skin.

Kachin: (H) ńiŋ a cataneous disease appearing in white spots on the skin (possibly from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńVŋ

Meaning: little, few

Tibetan: ńuŋ-ba little, to be little.

Burmese: nańh few.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*nVŋ]

Meaning: yellow

Comments: The root is attested in Upper Bangni yaniŋ, Konyak *ńan, Naga *nV(N), Nung *s-ńV, Sichuan *nVN.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̄p

Meaning: small

Burmese: nup to be small, fine.

Lushai: nēp small, meagre, insignificant.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńVp

Meaning: stretch, spread

Tibetan: sńob (p. bsńabs, f. bsńab) to stretch out.

Kachin: nep³ to spread, as a carpet.

Comments: Cf. Yamphu na:pma 'to ramify'. Cf. PAN *qeNeb 'spread all over'.