Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[u]a

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gamester, guard

Chinese: 虞 *ŋʷa gamester; forester.

Kachin: lǝŋa² a guard, a sentry, a watchman.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋuap

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cousin

Lepcha: ă-ŋop levirate or sororate spouse (marrigeable affinal kin)

Kiranti: *ŋòp-cǝ̀

Comments: Bahing ŋwap cousin. Ben. 50.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŭk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bow, bend

Burmese: ŋǝuk to drop, bow, as the head, to stoop.

Kachin: ŋuʔ³ to drop, bow, as the head (possibly from Burm.), (H) ŋu, ŋuk.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŭp ( ~ ɨ̆p, -uap)

Meaning: inhale

Chinese: 吸 *sŋǝp ( ~ xǝp) inhale.

Tibetan: rŋub (p. (b)rŋubs, f. brŋub, i. rŋubs to draw in (air)).

Comments: Simon 22; Peiros-Starostin 213; Coblin 98. Cf. Austric: PAA *sǝNʔa:p, PAN *qaŋab, Tai *hŋap 'yawn, open the mouth wide'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŭr

Meaning: growl

Tibetan: ŋur to growl (of pig), to grunt, sŋur-ba to snore.

Kachin: ŋun² to growl, murmur, grumble.

Lushai: ŋur to growl, growl at; to snarl; grumble.

Lepcha: njŭr, njir to growl as dog, tiger; njór to grunt, to groan or moan in sleep

Kiranti: *ŋar

Comments: Mikir ŋur. Sh. 409.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋūk

Meaning: grunt

Tibetan: ŋug-pa (Ts) to grunt, to snore.

Lushai: ŋūk to grunt.

Kiranti: *ŋok

Comments: Sh. 36.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋūm

Meaning: root of the tail

Kachin: (H) čǝŋum the root of the tail; the end vertebra of the spinal chord.

Lushai: ŋūm the lower part of the spine; the tail of a bird without the feathers.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[ū]t

Meaning: shake, wag

Chinese: 扤 *ŋ_ūt shake, move.

Kachin: ŋat² to wag, as a dog's tail, to vibrate.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋūt

Meaning: stump, tree trunk

Chinese: 杌 *ŋ_ūt tree trunk without branches.

Burmese: ŋut to rise slightly above the ground, stay (of a tree stump, ruins etc.).

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 蘗 *ŋ_āt stump of a tree, shoots from stump of a tree. See Luce 50.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋVk (??)

Meaning: bird

Burmese: hŋak

Comments: Besidese Burmese and LB the root seems to be attested in Tujia (ńie-pi) , Nung *hŋV, Gazhuo ŋa-mɛ, perhaps also Kabui Naga *-nV. One should also pay attention to n- in Chin. niăo (irregularly < MC tíew). All extremely dubious ( < Thai influence?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋVt

Meaning: gnaw, bite

Chinese: 齧 *ŋhēt

Comments: Cf. Milang ŋot, LB *ŋat, Rourou ŋa.42 'bite'. Cf. PAN *ŋitŋit, *ŋatŋat, *ŋetŋet 'gnaw' (Sag. 38).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋʷăH

Meaning: much, abundant

Chinese: 麌 *ŋ_ʷaʔ numerous.

Burmese: ŋaʔ be enough for all, on equal distribution, hŋaʔ to distribute among all.

Kachin: (H) šǝŋa to fulfill (cf. ŋa² to exist).

Lushai: ŋā be in abundance, ŋaʔ have much.

Comments: Cf. (?) Khoirao (Naga) ŋai 'all', Tib. Jirel ga.L1=ŋe.L1 id.; Haka ŋan 'big'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋʷā