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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)uj
Meaning: elephant
Kachin: mǝgui1 elephant.
Lushai: KC *m-ɣui \ .
Comments: Haka wi . Sh. 42, 189; Ben. 121.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhūm
Meaning: a k. of gourd
Kachin: kǝkhum4 , (H) khum pumpkin.
Lushai: ūm pumpkin, a sp. of gourd, KC *ɣūm.
Comments: Mikir hom ; Rawang ă-khim . Sh. 42, 406. Cf. *rVm . Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)V̆n
Meaning: a k. of gourd
Tibetan: ga-gon a melon, (W) gon the common gourd, pumpkin.
Kachin: n-gjin1 cucumber, (H) gjin id.
Lushai: an the generic name for all edible leaves, KC *ɣan\ .
Comments: Mikir han ; Kanauri skan ; Rawang khan , Trung kăn1 vegetable. Sh. 42.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷa (-t)
Meaning: clothes, dress
Tibetan: bgo (p., i. bgos ) to dress, gos garment, dress.
Burmese: LB *watx garment, cloth.
Lushai: vuaʔ to wear or put on (boots, nose-ring, hat etc.).
Lepcha: tă-go, ta-go a jacket
Comments: Kanauri gasa; Rawang gwa ~ ga , nuŋ-wat to cover breasts (nuŋ ) with breast-cloth, Trung gwa1 to wear on; Rgyarung wya-n I wear, tewyet clothes. Sh. 125, 133; Ben. 29, 44. The Tib. form can be alternatively compared with OCh. 衣 *ʔǝj garment, clothes (see Simon 29). Cf. perhaps Mikir hu, Naga *hU 'skin, bark' (?). [Cf. also: Tib. ko 'skin, hide, leather'; OC 裘 *gʷǝ 'fur garment'.]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷa (~ɣʷ-)
Meaning: a k. of bird
Tibetan: go-bo a large eagle or vulture.
Kachin: u - in u-mai 'feather', u-di 'egg' [related in STEDT 96 to *wu 'egg', see *QǝwH).
Lushai: sa-va bird, KC *wa .
Comments: Mikir vo ; Magari gwa ; Chepang wa ; Karen: Taungthu wa . Sh. 142; Ben. 35.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăH ( *r-)
Meaning: rain
Tibetan: kha-ba snow, mkha heaven.
Burmese: rwa rain, LB *r-jua rain, cf. also *wax snow.
Kachin: ru1 to pour, to fall in torrents, as rain.
Lushai: ruaʔ rain, KC *r2 uaʔ
Lepcha: so rain (?)
Comments: BG: Garo mikka wa, Dimasa ha to rain, Bodo ha rain; Digaro kǝra rain; Bahing rya-wa. Sh. 39, 43, 138, 431; Ben. 109, 168. For Jnp. ru1 see also notes under *g(h)ʷrǝ 'wash'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăɫ
Meaning: round, circle
Burmese: wanh be round.
Kachin: wan1 be in a circle, be coiled, (H) kǝwan to encircle.
Lushai: val to spread out in concentric waves, valʔ to make a slip-knot, noose or loop, KC *wal .
Comments: Cf. also Lush. hual to surround. The -e-vocalism in some Chinese forms may be due to contamination with 卷 *kʷrenʔ to roll. The Burm. and Jnp. forms can also belong to *qʷār q.v. Sh. 43; Ben 32; Mat. 184. Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăŋ
Meaning: a k. of receptacle
Tibetan: koŋ, skoŋ cup, bowl (cf. also khjuŋ-dpjad k. of basket).
Burmese: khjauŋ cylindrical basket used by Karens and Palaungs.
Lepcha: khjoŋ a large basket for holding things.
Comments: Probably a bark basket: cf. Lush., Hmar hoŋ, Tiddim hōŋ 'bark', Bodo bi-koʔŋ id., Miju uŋ 'skin'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷat
Meaning: necessary
Tibetan: dgos-pa be necessary, be obliged.
Burmese: wat duty, service.
Comments: Despite STEDT 363, the Tib. form should be kept distinct from dga 'rejoice' (see *KāH).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷā (-ŋ)
Meaning: yellow
Tibetan: ? s-kja 'whitish, pale'
Burmese: wa , waŋh be yellow.
Lushai: eŋ yellow.
Comments: Luce 8, 78.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷāk
Meaning: trap
Kachin: nkhoʔ2 a trap.
Lushai: ōk to catch in a trap.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷār
Meaning: throw (into water), scatter
Tibetan: skjur-ba to throw, throw into water, cast.
Lushai: vor ʔ to scatter, throw up, toss.
Comments: Newari wā- . Sh. 160.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷār (~*Gʷ-)
Meaning: a k. of small animal (badger, ground-rat)
Kachin: (H) mǝgan a sp. of ground-rat.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷēɫ (-l)
Meaning: strike, hit
Tibetan: ãkhjel to hit, strike.
Lushai: vēl (velʔ ) to beat, strike (with or without a stick).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷēt
Meaning: encircle, girdle, embrace
Tibetan: mkhjud-pa to keep, to hold, embrace, ãkhjud-pa to embrace.
Kachin: mǝkjit3 to gird, girdle, (H) kjit to gird, girdle, gjit to tie, bind.
Lushai: vēt (veʔ ) to put round or in, cause to encircle.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷǝ̆
Meaning: village
Burmese: rwa village, LB *r-wa .
Kachin: wa1 a hut in a paddy field.
Comments: Nung rǝwa village, town. Ben. 109.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷǝ̄j
Meaning: whirl
Burmese: wajh whirlpool.
Kachin: phuŋ2 -wai2 whirlpool, (H) wai whirl, as a whirlpool; stir, as with a ladle.
Lushai: vai wave (the hand, arm).
Comments: Mikir iŋvei fly around (as an insect); Rawang thi buŋ wai whirlpool. In some languages (Burm., Jnp.) a merger with *qʷǝ̄l (q. v.) occurred. Ben. 32.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷiǝ̆r
Meaning: present of food; appetite
Tibetan: skor food presented to Lamas.
Lushai: vir to have an intense longing for animal food.
Comments: Cf. perhaps also Mikir kor 'bite' ( < *k-wVr); for semantics cf. Kiranti.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷiɫ
Meaning: twist, wind
Tibetan: ãkhjil wind, twist, roll.
Lushai: vial to wriggle, curl up; coil.
Lepcha: kjól to mix, to mingle, to stir together as tea, to infuse
Comments: Garo wil- . ? For Lush. cf. alternatively Tib. ãphjil to wind, to twist (but see also under *p[ē]n ). Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷĭt (~ʔʷ-)
Meaning: pierce
Lushai: vit (viʔ ) to pierce, prick, stab.
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