Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāj (~-āl)

Meaning: look, stare

Chinese: 睋 *ŋ_āj look, regard.

Burmese: ŋij to look askance, stare.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāk / *ŋāŋ (~-ǝ̄-,-ɔ̄-)

Meaning: fear, anxiety

Chinese: 噩 *ŋhāk fear, 愕 *ŋhāk alarm, anxiety.

Tibetan: dŋaŋ (p. dŋaŋs) to fear, be afraid.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāɫ

Meaning: rude, bad

Chinese: 喭 *ŋ_ānh coarse, rude.

Tibetan: ŋan bad (of food etc.); mean; poor, humble; wicked ( < *ŋal ?).

Lushai: ŋhal ill-behaved, rude, unruly.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā̆m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: high, rocky

Chinese: 巖 *ŋrām, *ŋ(r)ǝm rocky, lofty, precipitous.

Tibetan: rŋams height.

Comments: Coblin 93.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋān (-s)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goose

Chinese: 雁 *ŋrāns wild-goose.

Tibetan: ŋaŋ goose.

Burmese: ŋanh goose, swan.

Kachin: (Mat.) ŋan¹ the white-headed bungarus (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: Sh. 36; Ben. 99, 155; Mat. 182. Cf. Austroasiatic *ŋa:n 'goose', Thai ha:n.B id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋār

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: face, front side

Chinese: 顏 *ŋrān face, countenance; colour.

Tibetan: ŋar fore- or front-side, forepart, sŋar before, at first.

Kiranti: *ŋä̀n

Comments: Cf. also Magar me-ŋer 'mouth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāw

Meaning: fry, roast

Chinese: 熬 *ŋāw fry, roast.

Tibetan: rŋod (p. brŋos, f. brŋod, i. rŋod, rŋos) to parch (barley); to roast, fry.

Kachin: gǝŋau¹ to fry.

Kiranti: *ŋu

Comments: Mikir arnu; Thangkur khǝŋui. Ben. 63. Cf. Kulung ŋǝma 'fry', Shixing nga.31 'burn'; perhaps also OC 燒 *sŋew (?*sŋaw) 'burn'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā̆w

Meaning: cry

Chinese: 嗷 *ŋ_āw to clamour; distressed cry (of birds).

Tibetan: ŋu (p. ŋus) to weep; to roar.

Burmese: ŋaw, ŋǝw to cry, weep, LB *(s)ŋǝw.

Comments: Rawang ŋü; Trung ŋǝ². Sh. 36; Ben. 31.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋe(j)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: child, young

Chinese: 兒 *ŋe child, son, cf. also 倪 *ŋ_ē young and weak).

Burmese: ŋaj be small, little, inferior.

Kachin: ŋai¹, čǝŋai¹ an infant, a babe, šǝŋai² to bear children.

Comments: Luce 19. STEDT 156-158 *s-ŋa-y.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋet

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thirst, want

Burmese: ŋat to thirst, be thirsty, long for.

Lushai: ŋiat to demand, want, wish for.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋēŋ / *ŋēn

Meaning: slow, linger

Burmese: ŋaŋ to delay, tarry.

Lushai: ŋēŋ (ŋēn) be slow, leisurely, dilatory.

Lepcha: ŋan to sit

Comments: Cf. also Konyak *ŋVŋ 'sit'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋǝ̆ŋ

Meaning: solid, firm

Chinese: 凝 *ŋ(r)ǝŋ freeze, coagulate; solid, to fix.

Kachin: ŋaŋ² be firm, stroŋ.

Lepcha: njeŋ to be fast (as colour)

Comments: Cf. also Tangkul ŋaniŋ, Thakali ŋɛŋ.1 'stand'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋǝ̆w

Meaning: monkey

Chinese: 禺 *ŋ_os mohkey.

Lushai: ŋau the grey monkey.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋɨăkʷ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: abuse, maltreat

Chinese: 虐 *ŋakʷ cruel, oppress, maltreat, 謔 *sŋakʷ to ridicule, to jest.

Tibetan: sŋog (p. bsŋogs, f. bsŋog, i. sŋogs) to vex, to annoy.

Burmese: ŋauk to use loud violent language in order to terrify.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 頊 *sŋok disconcerted (Bod. 69).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋɨăl

Meaning: tired, fatigue

Chinese: 虺 sŋuj exhausted, weary

Tibetan: ŋal-ba to be fatigued, tired, fatigue, bsŋal-ba to be fainted or exhausted.

Lushai: ŋol be over-worked or over-fatigued, be tired out.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(ɨ)am

Meaning: majestic

Chinese: 嚴 *ŋam stern, magestic, grave; respect, reverent, 儼 *ŋamʔ dignified.

Tibetan: dŋom brightness, splendour, rŋam splendour, magnificence, majesty.

Burmese: muŋ-ŋam majestic.

Comments: Luce 41; Peiros-Starostin 219.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋɨāH

Meaning: bank, shore

Chinese: 滸 *sŋāʔ river bank.

Tibetan: dŋo shore, bank.

Comments: Cf. perhaps also: Manipuri leiŋoi, Angami Kohima ki.3 ŋǝ.4, Rourou ŋue.35 tsɔ.44 'earth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋɨ̆k

Meaning: stand, stick up

Chinese: 疑 *ŋ_ǝk to fix on, settle; stand still, stop, 嶷 *ŋ_ǝk to stand firmly.

Burmese: ŋauk to project, stick up or out.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋɨ̆ɫ (d-, r-)

Meaning: silver

Chinese: 銀 *ŋrǝn silver.

Tibetan: dŋul silver.

Burmese: ŋwij silver.

Comments: Murmi mui; Namsangia ŋun; Rgyarung paŋei; Trung ŋŭl¹. Simon 27; Sh. 36, 125, 429; Ben. 15, 173. Cf. PAA *kǝmVl (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)ă

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fish

Chinese: 魚 *ŋha fish.

Tibetan: ńa fish.

Burmese: ŋah fish, LB *ŋhax.

Kachin: ŋa³ fish.

Lushai: ŋha fish, KC *ŋha\.

Kiranti: *ŋǝ̀

Comments: PG *tàrŋa; BG: Garo na-tŏk, Bodo ŋa ~ na, Dimasa na; Chepang ŋa ~ nya; Tsangla ŋa; Moshang ŋa'; Namsangia ŋa; Kham ŋā̀^L; Kaike ŋā; Trung ŋa¹-plăʔ¹. Simon 13; Sh. 36, 123, 407, 429; Ben. 47; Mat. 192; Luce 2.