Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *che

Meaning: break, lop off

Tibetan: ãche (p. bces, f. bce, gce) to hurt, damage, injure.

Kachin: (H) ce be broken up.

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. šǝʒa2, (H) siŋza, siŋca to destroy, demolish, ʒa2 be damaged; Konyak ʒei 'bite'. Cf. Austric: PAN *Sasaq 'whet, sharpen', PAA *cɛh 'cut, split'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cheɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: clean, clear

Tibetan: sel to remove, to clean.

Kachin: (H) mǝǯen a clearing, as for a village.

Lushai: sial to clear (as road).

Lepcha: ǯil-lă ǯil-lă pure, clear (as water, sky)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĕn

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: night, dark

Tibetan: mchan night.

Kachin: nsin³ darkness, (H) sin to be or become dark.

Kiranti: *sèn-

Comments: ? Here perhaps Wancho raŋ-šai, LB *cin 'cloud' ( < 'darkness'?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĕŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: clean, clear

Chinese: 清 *cheŋ clear, pure, bright.

Tibetan: saŋs (p. (b)saŋs, f. (b)saŋ) to clean (dirt etc.), cleanse, (b)seŋ clean, white, ãchaŋ to take away, to take off (cf. also gcaŋ be clean, chaŋs purified, clean).

Burmese: ćaŋ be clean, pure.

Kachin: seŋ¹, ceŋ¹ be clean, pure, free (cf. also (H) coŋ to remove, clear away).

Lushai: thiaŋ (thian) be clear, KC *M-r?-thiaŋʔ.

Lepcha: čóŋ to wash, to cleanse, to purify

Kiranti: *sèŋ

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 靜 *ʒ_eŋʔ pure. Midzhu (ka-)śoŋ; Trung tsaŋ¹-ma¹ clear; Tani *siŋ, Ao Naga *soŋ 'white'. Simon 16; Sh. 54, 185, 410; Ben. 52-53; Peiros-Starostin 213.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĕp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: many, cluster together

Tibetan: gseb multitude, crowd; chabs very much.

Burmese: sip very.

Lushai: Hmar sip 'full'

Lepcha: čóp to add to, to increase, to superadd, to make addition to

Comments: PG *cep^L big; Yamphu sapma 'be enough, suffice'; Sulung *zVp (Serdukpen zeb-do 'all', aʒab 'good', Bugun zap).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)er ( / -l)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: noise

Tibetan: ćal noise.

Burmese: ći be loud, ća be abrupt, as a sound.

Lushai: čiar make a noise.

Lepcha: čól to be in uproar, commotion, to be noisy, to be turbulent, to be tumultuous

Comments: Cf. Jnp. (H) šai be noisy.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chēn

Meaning: resemble

Burmese: ćhan be alike, similar.

Kachin: san³ to resemble; show appearance.

Lushai: thēn the exast likeness of.

Comments: Cf. also Lush.čen be as high as, as tall as, be equal in height, length or distance (possibly reflecting a merger of this root with *ćhiǝl equal q. v.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chēŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Chinese: 青 *shēŋ blue, green

Kachin: gǝciŋ¹ be fresh, green.

Comments: BG: Garo thaŋ live, gathaŋ green, Dimasa gathaŋ alive, unripe; Kanauri śöŋ; Rawang mǝśiŋ green (color); Karen *SVŋ, Manipuri asaŋ-ba, Rengma ke-šin 'green'. Probably distinct (although confusable with) *chreŋ q.v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch[ē]t

Meaning: cut

Chinese: 切 *chīt cut.

Tibetan: zed broken off, damaged.

Burmese: ćhać to cut in parts, LB *chit; cf. also ćit to divide into several parts.

Lushai: sāt (saʔ) to chop (with a dao), to cut, to hew.

Lepcha: čít to split, as wood,to divide, to separate

Kiranti: *ʔcet to split

Comments: Cf. PAA *ciet / *cit 'to slice'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chǝ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: be ill; to heal, recover

Tibetan: ãcho (p. (b)sos, f. gso) to heal, to cure; nourish.

Lushai: KC *sa to be ill.

Kiranti: *sat(s)

Comments: PG *[s]a^L heal (as wound); BG: Dimasa sa, Garo sa-; Rgyarung tsha; Trung dza² be ill. Sh. 54.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chǝ̄j ( ~ -ɨ̄j)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nest

Chinese: 棲 *shǝ̄j bird's nest.

Tibetan: gze home, habitation, nest.

Comments: See notes to *dɨ[l]; from STEDT (285-288) one may add Qiang forms meaning 'nest' (Pumi sčua etc.) (?).

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