Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

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\.

Kiranti: *ʔkǝ̀n

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

Kiranti: *wà(s)

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-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

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.

Kiranti: *wa

Comments: Mikir vo; Magari gwa; Chepang wa; Karen: Taungthu wa. Sh. 142; Ben. 35.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăH ( *r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rain

Chinese: 雨 *whaʔ 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 *r²uaʔ

Lepcha: so rain (?)

Kiranti: *wǝ̀

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

Chinese: 還 *whrēn [but MCh ɣwạn pointing to a variant *whrān] turn round, *when id., 員 *wran circle, round.

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

Chinese: 匡 *khʷaŋ square basket.

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: *qhʷēt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

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: *qhʷǝ̄j

Meaning: whirl

Chinese: 潰 whǝ̄ts (~-js) be turbulent

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

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: present of food; appetite

Chinese: 餫 *w_ǝrs bring supply of food to.

Tibetan: skor food presented to Lamas.

Lushai: vir to have an intense longing for animal food.

Kiranti: *wǝ̀r

Comments: Cf. perhaps also Mikir kor 'bite' ( < *k-wVr); for semantics cf. Kiranti.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷiɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: twist, wind

Chinese: 徇 *whin(s) go everywhere, all round.

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).

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