Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̆t

Meaning: burn, set fire

Chinese: 爇 *n_ot to burn.

Kachin: nat² to set fire to.

Comments: Cf. Jiarong kǝ-nɔt 'burn'. Cf. PAN *qinit 'heat, warmth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ŋa]

Meaning: egg, hatch

Tibetan: sgo-ŋa egg

Comments: Tangut nge testicle, Qiang (Ergong) ẓŋa 'hatch'. See STEDT 113-114 *s-ŋa; rather dubious.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋă (-t)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mow, reap

Chinese: 刈 *ŋats to mow, cut.

Tibetan: rŋa (p. brŋas, f. brŋa, i. rŋos) to mow, cut, reap.

Comments: Cf. Yamphu ne:ma 'to cut down, chop away'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋaH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: borrow, lend

Tibetan: brŋa (p. brŋas) to borrow, to seize by force.

Burmese: hŋah to rent, LB *sŋax.

Comments: Cf. Tib. brńan, brńas to borrow; Rawang ŋa hire, rent, lend, Trung ŋa¹ ; Serdukpen na 'give'. Ben. 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăH

Meaning: a k. of drum

Chinese: 敔 *ŋ_(r)aʔ a k. of sounding-box.

Tibetan: rŋa kettle-drum, drum.

Comments: PG *ŋa^L drum; Trung ŋǝ¹ drum.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăH / *ŋăk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: speak

Chinese: 語 *ŋ(r)aʔ speak.

Tibetan: ŋag, dŋags speech, talk, words.

Burmese: ŋak speak, LB *ŋakx // *ŋax; cf. also ŋra declare, say loudly, cry.

Kachin: ŋa¹ to say, speak, declare.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 諺 *ŋran-s proverb, saying, vulgar talk, 言 *ŋran to speak, 訴 *s-ŋāk-s 'express, declare'; Tib. mŋan-pa swear. Peiros-Starostin 213; Coblin 137.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: consider, plan for

Chinese: 議 *ŋajs to plan for, discuss, select.

Lushai: ŋai (ŋaiʔ) to think, to consider; to wait for; to long after.

Comments: KC *ŋai 'love' should be probably kept distinct from *ŋ(j)oj 'make love, copulate' q.v. (although confused in STEDT 349-352).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăj (-s)

Meaning: right, true

Chinese: 宜 *ŋaj correct, proper, right; 義 ŋajs righteous, -ness; true sense, meaning.

Tibetan: ŋes certain, true, sure, firm.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 217. Cf. also Ergong ŋi 'good'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: banana

Burmese: hŋak banana, LB *sŋak.

Kachin: ŋaʔ³, lǝŋaʔ³ the wild plantain; cf. also lǝŋu¹ the plantain, banana.

Kiranti: *lè-ŋɔk-si

Comments: Pwo, Sgaw yaʔ. Sh. 151; Ben. 137.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăkʷ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ague

Chinese: 瘧 *ŋhakʷ ague.

Burmese: hŋak (hŋak-phja) the pestilential influence of miasma, malaria.

Comments: Luce 66.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋal

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: womb

Tibetan: mŋal womb

Kiranti: *ŋä(l)

Comments: STEDT 289-290 *[m/l]-ŋal, also listing Meithei naw-phǝm 'placenta', Bunan ŋal 'womb', Chepang so-nalʔ 'womb' etc.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋam

Meaning: enough, overplus

Burmese: ŋam be enough.

Kachin: ŋam² to leave, remain over, as leavings after a party.

Comments: Mat. 169.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋar

Meaning: having a specific taste (sweet ~ salty)

Tibetan: dŋar, mŋar sweet.

Burmese: ŋan be salty.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăr (s-)

Meaning: wise, intelligent

Chinese: 獻 *sŋars prominent, wise man.

Tibetan: sŋar-ma intelligent.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: I, we

Chinese: 吾 *ŋhā I, we, 我 *ŋhājʔ my, me, 言 *ŋhan I, we, 卬 *ŋhāŋ I,me.

Tibetan: ŋa I, we, ŋan we (C), ŋed I, we, (d)ŋos I, we, self, ŋaŋ-ma self, own

Burmese: ŋa I, LB *ŋa.

Kachin: ŋai¹ I.

Lushai: ŋei self, KC *ŋei.

Lepcha: kă I

Kiranti: *ʔòŋ / *gòŋ

Comments: BG: Garo aŋ, Bodo ŋa; Moshang, Namsangia ŋa; PG *ŋa; Trung ŋa²; Kham ŋā; Kaike ŋā. Simon 13; Sh. 36, 62, 123, 429; Ben. 65, 93; Luce 2; Peiros-Starostin 217. A compound form *kă-ŋā- (for the first part see *k(j)ǝ̆- this, he) probably gave rise to a number of nasalless forms: cf. PK *gòŋ (opposed to *ʔòŋ just like *gìnä thou is opposed to *ʔìnä id.); Karen *khV I; Tib. kho-bo I, me; Miju ki I; Kanauri gö I; Lush. ka me, my, kei myself; Dhimal ka, Mantshati gye, Chamba-Lahuli ge I (see Sh. 133), Lepcha kă.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā

Meaning: to know, be awake

Chinese: 寤 *ŋā-s to wake, awake

Tibetan: mŋa to know, be able

Lepcha: ŋak to see

Comments: Cf. also Konyak *ŋV, Naga *ŋu 'see'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā̆H ( / *ŋā̆-k, *ŋā̆-ŋ, r-)

Meaning: meet, match; oppose

Chinese: 御 *ŋraks drive a chariot; govern, direct, *ŋrāks meet, welcome, provide against, 迓 *ŋrāks to meet, receive, 逆 *ŋrak go to meet, oppose, 迎 *ŋraŋ to meet, 晤 *ŋāks to meet, 悟 *ŋāks to oppose, 迕 *ŋāks to go against, 禦 *ŋ(r)aʔ to withstand, hinder.

Tibetan: mŋa might, dominion, to govern.

Burmese: ŋrah to meet, encounter [with a dialectal variant ńah id. ( > Jnp. ńa)]; ŋraŋh reject.

Kachin: mǝŋaʔ² to repel, as an attack, (H) ŋa wait.

Lushai: KC *ŋhāk to meet; (?) Lush. ṭaŋ deny.

Comments: Nung ŋyeŋ deny. Ben. 44; Sh. 407; Mat. 182; Bodman 175. An example of rich original word derivation (suffixed -k, -ŋ; prefixed ~ infixed r-). The meanings vary substantially, and one can not exclude a confusion of more than one root, but the reflexes in daughter languages are very hard to separate from each other.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: five

Chinese: 五 *ŋhāʔ five.

Tibetan: lŋa five.

Burmese: ŋah five, LB *ŋhax.

Kachin: mǝŋa¹ five.

Lushai: ŋa, paŋa five.

Kiranti: *ŋǝ ( ~ -a)

Comments: PG *ŋà^L; BG: Garo boŋa, Dimasa bo-ŋa, Bodo ba; Moshang bă-ŋa, Namsangia băŋa; Kanauri ŋa; Trung pǝ³-ŋa². Simon 13; Sh. 36, 123, 135, 429; Ben. 31; Mat. 182; Luce 2.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[ā]j

Meaning: hunger

Chinese: 餓 *ŋājs hungry, starve.

Lushai: ŋhei to fast, go without (food etc.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā[j]

Meaning: slant, lean

Chinese: 俄 *ŋāj slanting.

Burmese: ŋajʔ to lean, be inclined to one side, hŋajʔ to incline, set on one side.

Kachin: ŋaʔ² to slant, to lean, (H) kǝŋa to bend (as head).

Lushai: ŋer be canted, tilted, leaning.