Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Puj

Meaning: commit adultery

Tibetan: bji to commit adultery.

Burmese: pwij to commit adultery; to muddle, perplex.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pŭk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: belly

Chinese: 腹 *puk belly.

Tibetan: (W) ze-ãbug the maw or fourth stomach of ruminating animals.

Burmese: pǝuk belly, stomach.

Lushai: KC *puk.

Lepcha: tă-fŭk, ta-bak the abdomen, the lower part of stomach

Kiranti: *ʔpók

Comments: Sho pük; Kham phū belly, abdomen; Gyarung tĕpok. Sh. 49, 69, 409; Ben. 77.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Pum]

Meaning: egg, sit on eggs

Kachin: phum³ to hatch.

Kiranti: *pup / *pum

Comments: PG *phùm egg; Thankur pum to sit on eggs (hen); Kham phum to set (of a hen); ? Chepang ʔum egg; Trung sǝ³-bǝm²; Sunw. pup-cā brood. STEDT 122-123 *p-(w)u[m/p]. Cf. PAN *hapun 'roost'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Pum]

Meaning: round

Lushai: mum (KC *pVm)

Comments: Cf. also Naga *pVm id. A local Kuki-Naga root.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Puŋ]

Meaning: donkey

Tibetan: boŋ, buŋ donkey.

Comments: PG *pù[ŋ]^L; Limbu poŋ-bū ass.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Puŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shoulder

Tibetan: dpuŋ shoulder

Lepcha: tŭk-puŋ the shoulder

Kiranti: (?) Kulung pɔi 'neck'

Comments: PG *pam^L shoulder; Kham pòN. Cf. also Tani *poŋ, Nocte bo 'neck'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*pur]

Meaning: pluck

Kachin: pun¹ to pluck, pick, as a fowl.

Lushai: KC > Mikir pur to uproot.

Comments: Sh. 409.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[Pŭ]r

Meaning: gush forth, jet

Chinese: 濆 *bǝr gush forth, 瀵 *pǝrs source, spring, gush forth.

Burmese: panh to jet, gush forth.

Kachin: npun¹ a spring, (H) kǝpun to spring, well.

Comments: Cf. *Pran.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Put

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: basket

Burmese: put big basket.

Kachin: (H) phut a k. of basket (possibly from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pŭt(-s) (~-ɨ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knee

Chinese: 巿 *pǝt knee-covers.

Tibetan: pus-mo knee.

Burmese: LB: Maru pat-law knee, Phunoi phat tho khaw kneel (Luce 33: Burm. puʔ-ćhać knee).

Kachin: lǝphut² knee, phut²tiʔ² kneel.

Lushai: KC *pus.

Lepcha: tŭk-păt the knee

Kiranti: *po[C]

Comments: Mikir keŋ-phu; Thado khu-bu; Kanauri puś-păn; Rawang phaŋ-phit knee, ur-phut elbow, ra-phut shoulder, Trung băk¹-pǝt¹ knee. Sh. 49, 132; Ben. 16-17.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pūt (~ -ɨ̄-)

Meaning: comet

Chinese: 孛 *b_ǝ̄t, *b_ǝ̄ts comet.

Tibetan: phod comet.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PVj (?)

Meaning: big, all

Chinese: 毗 *b(h)ij enlarge, strengthen

Lushai: Hmar ro-pui 'big'

Comments: Cf. also Bodo boʔj 'all'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PVl

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair, wool

Tibetan: bal wool.

Comments: Mnyamskad pul feather; Kanauri pul hair; Midzhu bul wool, feather. Sh 188.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*PVn]

Meaning: nephew

Tibetan: dbon (resp.) grandson, nephew.

Comments: Kanauri ban-za nephew. Sh. 133.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PV̆p

Meaning: form, model

Chinese: 法 *p(r)ap law; model; imitate; style; fashion.

Tibetan: babs shape, form, appearance; dbjibs shape, figure, form.

Comments: Bodo paw fashion. Simon 22. Cf. Yamphu phopma 'come into existence, be formed'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*PVr]?

Meaning: day after tomorrow

Kachin: phra day after tomorrow.

Comments: Bodo soŋ-pǝ́r day after tomorrow

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*PVt]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vulva; penis shaft

Burmese: cauk-pat vagina, LB *pytx vulva.

Kachin: nɛ³¹ po_t³¹ penis shaft

Comments: Kokborok ši-paʔ, Kanauri phɛ:ts, Sak a-pɛt etc.; see STEDT 258-261 *b(y)at, 331 *pot.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PV̆t

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of bird (pheasant)

Chinese: 鷩 *pet, *pets a k. of pheasant.

Tibetan: rbad a large species of eagles

Burmese: bhut a k. of pheasant.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qa

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: earth

Kachin: ga⁴ earth.

Kiranti: *ʔkä

Comments: BG: Garo a'a, Dimasa ha; Moshang gaʔ; Namsangia ha; Rawang rǝga; Kadu ka; Bahing kha-pi 'earth'; Angami Naga mi-ge 'ashes' Sh. 428; Ben. 33.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qa

Meaning: mouth

Tibetan: kha mouth.

Burmese: a the inside of the mouth.

Kachin: mǝkha¹ to open, as mouth.

Comments: The root is distinguished from *k(h)āH 'open' on the Burm. evidence. In other languages a confusion of these two roots was possible.