Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋjaw ( ~ -ɨ-)

Meaning: bad smell

Burmese: hńaw to smell offensively.

Kachin: sǝŋau¹ scent, smell, as from anything boiling, frying or singeing.

Comments: Mat. 169. IP

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)oj

Meaning: make love, gentle

Burmese: ŋwijʔ gentle, moderate

Kachin: ńwai love (ŋwi gentle, mild prob. < Burm.)

Lushai: ŋuai quiet, silent, ŋui sad

Comments: STEDT 349-352 *ŋ(w)ay; the root should be kept distinct both from *ŋăj 'consider, long' and from *ʔǝ̄j 'good, dear'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)on

Meaning: visible, point out

Tibetan: mŋon-pa conspicuous, visible, evident.

Burmese: hńwan to point out.

Comments: Luce 55. Cf. Austric: PAA *nVŋ 'look; show', PAN *neŋneŋ 'stare, look'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋj[o]t

Meaning: bend, be bent

Burmese: ńwat to bend, to bow, as the head, hńwat to be bent.

Kachin: (H) kǝŋat be bent, as the head forward.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋjuāl

Meaning: lie

Chinese: 臥 *ŋhōjs lie down, sleep.

Tibetan: ńal (p. ńol) lie down, to sleep; sńol (p., f. bsńal) to lay down, to bed.

Comments: Luce 4.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋoj

Meaning: cunning, deceive

Chinese: 偽 *ŋ_ojs to cheat, deceive.

Tibetan: rŋo-ba to be able; rŋod-pa to deceive.

Comments: Gong 71.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋok (~ -ɨk, -uak)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rump, hump

Tibetan: rŋog the hunch or hump of an animal; the mane of horses.

Kachin: u²-čiŋŋo³, (H) čǝŋo the rump of a bird (or (H) mǝŋu the lower part of the spinal chord).

Comments: Cf. Manipuri ŋak-som 'neck'. Cf. *ŋoŋ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[o]m

Meaning: wish, desire

Tibetan: ŋom (p. ŋoms) to satisfy one's desire by drinking, to be thirsty; to show with design (e.g. one's nakedness); rŋam to pant for, to desire ardently.

Burmese: ŋamh to long for.

Kachin: (H) ŋaŋ libiduous desire (with assimilation).

Kiranti: *ŋV̀m 'think'

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *ŋVn 'wish, desire', PAN *ŋeni 'beg, ask for'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋoŋ

Meaning: neck; breast

Chinese: 胸 sŋoŋ breast, chest

Lushai: ŋhoŋ, KC *ŋhoŋ

Comments: Cf. also: Motuo-Monpa ŋaŋ, Taraon pa.3 ŋhŋ.1, Chang (Konyak) ŋam, Ao Naga ŋan 'neck'. Cf. *ŋok

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŏŋ / *ŋŏk

Meaning: foolish, deaf

Chinese: 頑 *ŋrōn stupid, foolish

Kachin: ŋok² be foolish.

Lushai: ŋoŋ (ŋon) be deaf; slow of understanding.

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *beŋaŋ, -ŋaŋ 'disconcert, confuse', *Renek 'silent, taciturn', PAA *ŋVŋ 'dumb', *ŋVk 'stupid'

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[ŏ]r

Meaning: disease

Burmese: ŋanh tropic fever.

Kachin: ŋan³ a disease (possibly from Burm.).

Lushai: ŋor any chronic or wasting disease.

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *ŋulŋul 'arthritic or rheumatic pain', PAA *ŋVr 'cold'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋō (-t)

Meaning: exterior, face

Chinese: 外 *ŋōts outside, external.

Tibetan: ŋo, ŋos face, countenance, air, look.

Comments: PG *ŋo^L forehead; Kham nā̀^L; Almora (Byangsi) ŋo- face. Sh. 139.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋō̆j (~-ō̆l)

Meaning: high, rise

Chinese: 嵬 *ŋūj(ʔ) high and rocky, 魏 *ŋuj(s) high.

Burmese: ŋwah be large, great, be high, to project prominently above and beyond others.

Kachin: (H) ŋoi to rise, as a hill.

Kiranti: *ŋo- (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(r)ăn (/ -ɨ̆n; ~-ɫ)

Meaning: pleasant, content

Chinese: 言 *ŋ_ǝn contented, 誾 *ŋ_rǝn affable, reasonable, 唁 *ŋ_rans condole, console.

Kachin: ŋon¹ be pleasant, agreeable, (H) šǝŋon to amuse.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ŋrāw]

Meaning: bite

Chinese: 咬 *ŋhrāwʔ (~-ēwʔ ) bite, gnaw.

Comments: Chepang ngaawh; Ao Naga *ŋu. Bod. 59

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋrej (~ -ǝ-)

Meaning: satiate, be tired of

Burmese: ŋrih miss, annoy.

Lushai: ŋei to nauseate, satiate, make one feel sick; to be fed with, be tired of.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋrǝw

Meaning: blue, green, light colour

Tibetan: sŋo blue, green; sŋo, sŋod (p. bsŋos, f. bsŋo, i. sŋos) to become green, blue.

Burmese: ŋrǝw dark in colour, LB *sŋLǝw.

Lushai: ŋô white, fair, of a light colour.

Comments: Sho nau green; Thado ŋou clean; Bete ǝŋoi yellow. Ben. 66. ? Cf. PAA *ŋa:r 'green, red'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋrɨā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tooth, tusk

Chinese: 牙 *ŋrā tooth, ivory.

Lushai: ŋhô a tusk, a fang, a tush.

Kiranti: *ŋV-

Comments: Taungthu tǝŋa tooth. Ben. 137.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(r)ōk (~-ūk)

Meaning: mountain

Chinese: 嶽 *ŋrōk mountain, peak.

Tibetan: ŋogs mountain-side, slope, bank, shore.

Comments: Sh. 37. Cf. PAA *ŋVk 'mountain'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ŋ]u (~ -iw, -ǝw)

Meaning: leprosy

Tibetan: rŋo a k. of leprosy.

Burmese: nu leprosy.