Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph[ĭ]l

Meaning: a k. of cloth

Chinese: 紕 *phij inferior silk stuff.

Burmese: phajh sateen, brocade.

Kachin: pan cloth, cotton cloth.

Comments: Cf. PAN *habe'l 'weave, cloth, blanket'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phin ( ~ -ɫ, -r)

Meaning: side

Chinese: 濱 *pin shore, bank, 頻 *bhin shore

Kachin: phjin³ the side, slant, slope

Comments: Cf. *b(h)ēr; initial p- in OC *pin is probably due to its influence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phĭt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fart

Chinese: 屁 *phić fart, wind (in the stomach).

Kachin: phjet² wind (in the stomach).

Kiranti: *ʔpi(k)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)iw (~-ew)

Meaning: blame

Tibetan: spjo (p. spjos) to blame, scold.

Lushai: puʔ to blame, lay blame upon.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ɨăŋ

Meaning: consult

Chinese: 訪 *phaŋs ask, consult.

Kachin: (H) boŋ to consult, confer, hold a council.

Comments: Cf. also Tani *bi[ŋ], Bodo *buŋ, Tamang paŋ 'say'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phɨāŋ(H)

Meaning: thigh, hip

Chinese: � *phāŋʔ thigh, hip (MC).

Burmese: pauŋ thigh, hip.

Kachin: lǝphraŋ¹ the groin. (?)

Lepcha: tŭk-bróŋ the hip (?)

Comments: Cf. also Tani *bɨŋ 'knee', Taraon pha.3 bɨn.1, Sichuan *pVN id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)ɨ̆m

Meaning: many, crowd

Chinese: 凡 *b_rǝm (~-am) every, all, generally, common.

Tibetan: ãbum 100000.

Lushai: pum the whole, all, KC *pum.

Comments: Sh. 51. Cf. also Maring apum, Manipuri pum-namak, Naga Sangtam aphɨm, Rengma aphu 'all'. Cf. *prŏm.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phɨw (~-i-)

Meaning: abundant, many

Burmese: pawh be abundant; phaw to swell.

Kachin: (H) po be plentiful, npho-bu abundance (probably from Burm.).

Comments: Bodo páw become more. Here also perhaps some TB forms meaning 'all': Konyak kɨm-pu, Kabui kɨpu-ma, Hmar po po, Rawang šaŋ-bɛ, khaŋ-bɛ; Lhota tsā-pho 'big'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phɨw (~-i-)

Meaning: appear

Burmese: paw to appear.

Kachin: po¹ to appear, cf. also (H) phru to appear, as a sign.

Kiranti: *b(h)ó(-ks)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phɨ̄m

Meaning: help

Chinese: 倗 *phǝ̄ŋʔ to help, trust, *bhǝ̄ŋ(s) id., friend, comrade.

Burmese: pum to help (with smth.), support.

Kachin: phom² to act in concert or partnership.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phɨ̄t (~-ūt,-ǝ̄t)

Meaning: counterpart

Chinese: 配 *phǝ̄ts counterpart, be the equal or counterpart of; to be worthy of.

Tibetan: phod come up to, be nearly equal in worth (cf. also ãphrod fit, proper, agreeing with, sprod, sprad to put together, make to meet).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)ja

Meaning: bee

Burmese: pjah, LB *pjax bee.

Lushai: KC *pja.

Comments: Sho pyɔ a fly, Mikir pio bee; Garo bia. Sh. 49.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(j)ăj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: divide, split; open

Chinese: 披 *ph(r)aj divide, disperse; open.

Tibetan: ãbjed (p., i. phje(d), phjes, f. dbje) to open.

Burmese: phajʔ to split off, be split.

Comments: BG: Dimasa bai break, sabai id., gabai broken, phai hatch, Garo be break, broken, pe break down, Bodo báy to break (into). Ben. 59; Luce 13. STEDT 129-130 *pay (but Lush. peʔ hardly belongs here, see *phjǝ̆k); cf. *p(h)raj(H).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjāH

Meaning: sand, bank

Chinese: 浦 *phāʔ river bank

Tibetan: bje sand

Comments: Cf. also Kanauri bā-liŋ, Motuo be ca, Idu *pi, Konyak *phVi, Sangtam Naga li-pi sand.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjǝ̆k

Meaning: destroy

Chinese: 副 *phǝk cleave, divide.

Burmese: pjak be destroyed, phjak destroy.

Kachin: bjak² be destroyed (prob. < Burm.); phjaʔ³ chop, hack.

Lushai: peʔ to break or be broken.

Lepcha: păk to be cut off

Kiranti: *phǝ́k 'break'; *phák 'separate, divide'

Comments: Mat. 200.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjǝ̆m

Meaning: float

Chinese: 汎 *phrǝms to float (on water), soar (in the sky); 氾 *ph(r)ams overflow, inundate (also *bhrams disperse, float about).

Tibetan: ãbjam to flow over, be diffused.

Burmese: pjam, LB *pjam to fly.

Comments: Simon 23; Coblin 81. Jinuo (LB) has prɛ.42 pointing to *plam or *pram: this may be either a reflex of prefixed *r- (cf. Chinese) or a confusion with a different root, see *lVm. Cf. Miju phiuŋ 'fly'. Cf. Austric: PAA *PVŋ 'swim', PAN *apuŋ 'float'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjǝ̄n

Meaning: eye

Chinese: 盼 *phrǝ̄ns beautiful eyes.

Tibetan: spjan (resp.) eye.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(j)ŭk (~ -uak)

Meaning: turn, turn over

Chinese: 覆 *phuk turn over, overthrow, 復 *b_uk turn, return.

Tibetan: phjogs to turn, spog (pf. spags, f. spag) to remove and to bring near by turns.

Kiranti: *ʔpúk

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjV̆r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fly

Chinese: 翻 *phar to fly.

Tibetan: ãbjer (p., i. bjer) to disperse in flight, to flee in different directions.

Kachin: pjen¹ to fly.

Kiranti: *bhèr

Comments: PG *pjur^L to fly; BG: Dimasa bur, Garo bil, Bodo bir to fly; Miri ber; Bahing byer; Trung biel. Cf. *b(h)ŭr : perhaps one root with expressive changes.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(j)Vt

Meaning: demon, malignant spirit

Chinese: 帗 *pats (also *phǝt) expel noxious influences; 魃 *b_āt demon of draught.

Tibetan: bjad enemy, a wicked demon.

Burmese: phut a wicked demon living in mountains, woods.

Kachin: (H) šǝpot a k. of malignant nat.

Comments: Cf. PAN *abat 'spirit that causes sickness'.