Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pho

Meaning: hatch, egg

Comments: Cf. Tani *pɨ 'egg'. STEDT 100-101: besides Tani listing Meithei, Sunwari, Qiang, Rgyarong, Tujia, Nusu, Naxi, Jinuo, Sgaw (very scattered reflexes). Cf. Austric: PAN *buaq 'fruit, seed, nut etc.', PAA *bʔa 'rice' (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]oH (~-ăwH, -ɨH)

Meaning: fill in

Burmese: phǝwʔ to stuff, pile in, fill in.

Kachin: (H) pu be well filled, thus yielding the proper measure (possibly from Burm.).

Lushai: (Sh.) phu- fill in.

Comments: Sh. 45.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phoj

Meaning: feast

Burmese: pwajh feast.

Kachin: poi³ a feast.

Comments: Bodo bos feast.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phŏmH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: take with two hands

Chinese: 奉 *phoŋʔ, *bhoŋʔ take or hold with both hands.

Tibetan: sbam (p. sbams, imp. sboms) to put together, to collect.

Burmese: phamh to grasp, catch.

Kachin: ǝphum³ to embrace.

Lushai: pom to embrace; carry in the arms, KC *r-pom.

Comments: Sh 411; Mat. 191. Cf. Kulung bem-ma 'carry under one's arm'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phot

Meaning: twist, wind

Tibetan: phud spindle covered with yarn.

Burmese: pat to twist, circle, wind around.

Kachin: pat¹ to wind around.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phōk

Meaning: beat, hit

Chinese: 撲 *phōk to beat.

Tibetan: ãphog (pf. phog) to hit, strike, touch.

Burmese: pauk to paddle; to dig, strike (forward and down).

Kiranti: *pǝ́k ( ~ b(h)-)

Comments: Kham po^L to hit, beat. Luce 81.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)ōl (/-r)

Meaning: straw, chaff

Tibetan: sbur chaff, husks.

Burmese: phwajh chaff, LB *phwajx.

Lushai: pōl straw.

Comments: Kham pùl chaff. Benedict gives an alternative comparison: Burm. phwajh chaff, Lush. phuai fine shavings and Pankhu phǝwai, Thado wai, Rangkhol śǝbai~śǝvai, Sopvoma upfai husks. Ben. 46.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ra

Meaning: be spread, extended, widely separated

Chinese: 敷 *ph(r)a to extend, spread

Tibetan: ãbre (p. bre-s) to draw out, spread.

Burmese: prah be separated, apart; phra be split.

Kachin: bra³ be scattered, dispersed; be apart, not close, (H) ǝphra be widely separated or extended.

Comments: Kanauri pra spread, stretch; Bahing bra scatter. Ben. 40.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ra

Meaning: dear, good

Kachin: (H) nphra dear, affectionate.

Lushai: ṭha, KC *phra.

Comments: Thankur phá be good; Digaro pra; Thami ǝpra. Sh. 190; Ben. 40. Cf. also Karen *rV, Idu *pra, Shixing ra.33 'good'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrăj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lean, incline

Chinese: 跛 *p(r)ajs to lean to one side.

Tibetan: ãphre (p. ãphres) to incline, to lean against; to put down, to lean down; phred, ãphred cross, transverse, across, obliquely.

Lushai: (?) phei level, flat, horizontal.

Comments: Bodo pér one side being raised; ? PG *phe(C) flat. Cf. also OC 拜 prēt-s 'to bend, bow in obeisance'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)raj(H)

Meaning: divide, break

Burmese: phrajh to tear (into several parts).

Kachin: (H) phrai to divide, as a present.

Comments: Cf. *ph(j)ăj.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)ap

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: soft; lung

Chinese: 肺 *phats ( < *phaps) lung.

Tibetan: bab soft, mild.

Burmese: phrap-phrap mildly, softly.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)āk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shoulder

Chinese: 膊 *phāk shoulder.

Tibetan: phrag shoulder.

Kachin: gǝphaʔ² shoulder.

Kiranti: *bhák

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrĕŋ

Meaning: straight, level

Chinese: 平 *bhreŋ level, even.

Tibetan: braŋ-ŋe straight, vertical, perpendicular

Kachin: preŋ¹ straight.

Comments: BG: Garo diŋ-breŋ straight, Bodo beŋ become straight, peŋ make straight, Dimasa beleŋ be erect, straight, gibleŋ straight, si-phleŋ straighten out. Ben. 75.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p(h)reŋ

Meaning: bear, be born

Tibetan: ãbraŋ (p. ãbraŋs, i. ãbroŋ) to bear, bring forth, give birth.

Lushai: piaŋ be born, come into being.

Comments: Ben. 40. STEDT 134-136 *braŋ (with addition of Mikir ke-plaŋ, as well as Idu, Karen and PLB *b(r)aŋ; Limbu pōŋ-maʔ, however, hardly belongs here, going back to PK *b(h)ó(-ks)). Cf. also Dimasa su-buŋ, Karen *pra(N) 'person'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrēɫ

Meaning: busy, employed

Chinese: 辦 *bhrēns manage, deal with.

Tibetan: brel be employed, busy.

Comments: Bod. 163; Coblin 51.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrē(s)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rice

Chinese: 粺 *bhrēs fine rice.

Tibetan: ãbras rice.

Kiranti: *brä́-mV

Comments: Cf. also Tib. bra buckwheat, (?) PK *rǝ̀ rice, Lush. raʔ fruit, bear fruit (Ben. 17). Cf. PAN *beRas 'rice between harvesting and cooking'; Viet. tră/t 'k. of rice', Mon ʔibra:t 'common lowland paddy'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phriǝ̄ŋ

Meaning: send

Chinese: 伻 *phrēŋ to send, to cause.

Tibetan: spriŋ (p. spriŋs) to send a message, to give information.

Kiranti: *phèŋ(s)

Comments: Kham pǝrìN to send.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)ĭt

Meaning: nose, sneeze

Chinese: 鼻 *bhits nose.

Tibetan: sbrid-pa to sneeze.

Comments: Simon 18; Coblin 113.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)ɨāŋ

Meaning: boil

Chinese: 烹 *phrāŋ boil.

Burmese: pauŋh to steam, boil by steaming.

Comments: Kham phiN to cook meat or potatoes.