Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Pil]

Meaning: green

Comments: A localized root, reflected in: Yogli apil, Sema Naga tsɨ-la-bi, Ao Naga tɨ-pu, Chepang pli and Magar phi.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pi(-n)

Meaning: come

Tibetan: ãbjin cause to come forth; cf. also spjon, ãbjon 'come'

Kiranti: *ʔpì (-n)

Comments: See *P(r)juŋ. Cf. Kanauri bön-, Bodo *pai, Konyak *pei, Jiarong kɔ-po 'come', Tiddim pai 'walk'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PĭnH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shin, calf of the leg

Chinese: 臏 *b_inʔ knee cap; shin; tibia.

Tibetan: bjin-pa calf of the leg.

Comments: Coblin 102; Gong 70.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[p]it

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shut, close

Chinese: 閉 *pīt, *pīts, *prits to shut, close.

Burmese: pit to shut, close.

Kachin: pat³ to obstruct, shut, kǝpat to close.

Comments: Kanauri pid-. Sh. 132. Cf. PAN *kupit 'close, shut' (Sag 36).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pit (~ b-)

Meaning: odor, smell

Chinese: 苾 *b_it pleasant smell, fragrant.

Kachin: bat² odor.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pĭw

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair, feather

Chinese: 髟 *piw, *pew long hair.

Tibetan: spu hair, feather.

Comments: Cf. also: Miji phiw, Sichuan Daofu ɣra spǝ 'hair'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pɨam(H) ( ~ -ua-)

Meaning: rule, example

Chinese: 笵, 範 *b_(r)amʔ a mould; rule, law.

Burmese: pum example; form; mould; marks.

Kachin: (H) bum a story, history (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: Luce 46.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pɨaŋ (~bh-)

Meaning: raft

Chinese: 艕 *pāŋs two boats fastened together; a square raft (also 方 *paŋ with the same meanings).

Burmese: phauŋ raft.

Kachin: phoŋ¹ a float, a raft.

Comments: Mat. 166. Cf. Austric: PAN *qabaŋ 'boat', 'float' PAA *pVŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pɨāk

Meaning: white

Chinese: 白 *brāk white.

Lushai: KC: Sho bok.

Kiranti: *bù(k)

Comments: BG: Garo gibok ~ gipok, Dimasa guphu. Ben. 181. Cf. PAA *b[ʔ]ɔ:k 'white'; PAN *pilak 'silver' (Peiros 1998, 224).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pɨ̆ŋ

Meaning: wind

Kachin: nbuŋ¹ air, wind.

Lushai: KC *mV-puŋ.

Lepcha: bjoŋ cloud

Comments: Namsangia poŋ; Midzhu m-boŋ; Trung bǝ̆ŋ² 'wind'; Sichuan *phi(N) 'cold' Sh. 49, 180, 427. Despite similarity, the root should be distinguished from *p(r)ɨ̆m 'wind, cloud' (cf. the distinction in Nocte: poŋ 'wind' vs. phuam 'cloud').

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pɨw ( ~ b-, -iw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: top, upper part

Tibetan: dbu head (resp.), phu the upper part, spo summit.

Burmese: ǝpaw top, upper part, above.

Kachin: bo¹ the head.

Kiranti: *ʔp[ú]-jV

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pjă

Meaning: tribute, tax

Chinese: 賦 *pas tax, to tax, contribution, give, distribute.

Tibetan: dpja tax, duty, tribute.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *P(j)ak

Meaning: joke, merry

Tibetan: ãphag (p. ãphags) to play, to joke, to make sport.

Burmese: pjak be witty, merry.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pjā(H)

Meaning: run, hurry

Chinese: 逋 *pā to run away; 步 *bā(k)-s walk

Burmese: pjaʔ to hurry.

Kachin: (H) kǝpa to run as a frightened child against its mother.

Kiranti: *bhV́(k) go

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 騑 *phǝj to run without stopping (horses). Cf. also Tiddim pai, Taraon bo, Kham ba, Anong bɨ, Pumi *bV 'walk, go'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pjǝ̆j(H)

Meaning: slander, blame

Chinese: 誹 *pǝj, *pǝjʔ slander.

Tibetan: ãphja (p. ãphjas) to blame (cf. also phra calumny, slander, (ã)phjar-kha to blame).

Burmese: paʔ disgrace, to break a treaty.

Comments: Coblin 162.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pjǝl

Meaning: step or put aside

Tibetan: ãbjol (p., i. bjol, f. dbjol) to give way, to step aside (cf. also ãbjer id.).

Burmese: paj expel, put aside; phaj give way, step aside.

Comments: The Burm. form may represent a merger with *pāj(H) q. v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pjɨ̆k (~ w-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cattle

Chinese: 富 *pǝks rich, wealth.

Tibetan: phjug cattle; rich; dbjig wealth, riches.

Comments: Simon 11; Coblin 158-159.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p[j]ɨw (~ b-,-i-)

Meaning: melt

Burmese: pjaw to melt, be melted.

Kachin: (H) bjo to melt, be melted (probably from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pjon (~ b-)

Meaning: go out, proceed

Tibetan: ãbjon (p., i. bjon) to go, proceed, travel.

Kachin: bjon¹ to come or go out of.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pjuk (~ -ok, -uak)

Meaning: expel, banish

Tibetan: spjug (p. spjugs, i. spjug(s)) to expel, to turn out, to banish.

Burmese: pjauk vanish, be lost, phjauk lose, release, banish.

Comments: Luce 82.