Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răm (s-)

Meaning: otter

Tibetan: sram otter.

Burmese: LB *s-ram ~ *śam otter.

Kachin: šǝram¹ otter.

Lushai: sa-hram, KC *hram otter.

Lepcha: sărjom otter

Comments: Mikir serim; BG: Garo matram, Dimasa matham; Banpara ra-rom; Miri siram; Rawang sǝ̆-rām, Trung sǝ³-răm². Sh. 39, 202, 405, 433; Ben. 107; Mat. 172.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ă]n

Meaning: row, even row

Chinese: 連 *ran in a row, consecutively; go one after another; 聯 *ran join, bring together.

Tibetan: ran be proportional, just right (cf. also ãdra similar, equal).

Kachin: mǝren⁴ equally, diŋren¹ place in a long, even row.

Lushai: (?) ron to help or join; all together, hron to lodge with, live with.

Comments: Mikir ren line, range, row; Dimasa ren line (comp.). Ben. 74; Coblin 57.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răŋ

Meaning: high, long

Chinese: 長 *draŋ long, tall.

Burmese: mraŋʔ be high (OB mlaŋ), LB *mruŋʔ.

Lepcha: króŋ high, tall; long-legged

Comments: Nung mraŋ high, long; Kanauri raŋ. Ben. 43. Cf. Austric: PAA *ro:ŋ 'big, wide (also long, tall)', PAN *beraŋ 'width, extent'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *raŋ

Meaning: self, own

Tibetan: raŋ self, hraŋ alone.

Burmese: raŋh one's own, genuine.

Comments: Perhaps here some scattered TB forms meaning 'all': Yogli taŋ-rauŋ, Pumi *rVN, Naga *k-roŋ. Note also the usage of this morpheme in 1st person plural (originally exclusive?) in Karen (Palaichi ɣo-ʒ̣o), Jirel (ŋu-ruŋ), Naga (*(ŋ)a-rVŋ) and Sichuan (e.g. Shixing ŋâ-rɛ̃).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ă]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: provisions

Chinese: 糧 *raŋ grain, provisions.

Tibetan: ãgraŋ-ba to satisfy with food.

Kachin: lǝreŋ⁴ the vitals.

Lepcha: kă-ruŋ meat or drink prepared for special occasions; ambrosia, nectar

Comments: Cf. also Idu *b-reŋ, Daofu bjoŋ (noŋ) 'meat'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răŋ (k-)

Meaning: count

Chinese: 量 *raŋ to measure, *raŋs a measure.

Tibetan: sgraŋs enumerate, ãgraŋ to count, sraŋ pair of scales, balance; steel-yard; weight; bgroŋ to count, ãgraŋ to number, to count, sgraŋ (p. bsgraŋs, f. bsgraŋ, i. sgroŋ) to enumerate.

Burmese: khraŋ to measure (cf. also khjaŋʔ to weigh, measure, consider); raŋh to invest, hraŋh to pay (a bill, debt).

Kachin: ǝraŋ capital, a sum.

Lepcha: fróŋ, frón, a-frón

Comments: (?) cf. also Lush. ṭhīŋ (ṭhīn) to collect a debt. Bod. 82, 165; Luce 71; Coblin 108. ? Cf. Austric: PAA *rieŋ 'hundred, thousand', PAN *bilaŋ 'count'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răŋ / *răk (k-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cold

Chinese: 涼 *raŋ chilly, cold.

Tibetan: graŋ cold, cool, graŋs to grow cold.

Burmese: LB *krak cold.

Lushai: ṭaŋ (ṭan) be dry or dried, ṭaŋ-thōm cold (weather), KC *kraŋ.

Lepcha: kjaŋ to be extremely cold, to freeze, to chill

Comments: Mikir niŋ-kreŋ cold weather, winter. Sh. 50; Ben. 39; Bod. 165.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fireplace

Burmese: mih-rap-pauŋh wooden fireplace (Ben.).

Kachin: rap² central fireplace, (H) kǝrap lower screen over fireplace.

Lushai: rap shelf over fire.

Comments: Mikir rap shelf over fire; Rawang mǝrap fireplace, Trung mǝ²-răp¹; Kham phǝrap fire fan woven from bamboo. Ben. 31; Mat. 203.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ă]p

Meaning: tread, trample

Chinese: 躐 *r_ap tread, trample.

Tibetan: skrab-pa to stamp, thread.

Kachin: lǝkhrip² to keep, as step.

Lushai: rap (raʔ) to tread upon, trample upon.

Kiranti: *ŕVp

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 押 *ʔrāp seal, stamp. ? Cf. PAA *ra:p 'flat, flatten', Thai ra:p, riap flat, smooth; to put on one surface.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scratch, grind

Chinese: 厲 *rats whetstone; polish.

Tibetan: ãbrad, sbrad (p. brad, i. brod) to scratch, to scrape (also ãdrad id.)

Kachin: rat² to scratch, wound, lacerate; numrat³ to cut with a backward stroke, (H) mǝrat id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā (k-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a kind of rush or shrub

Chinese: 葭 *krā rush, sedge, 芐 *grās rush; 蕗 *rās a k. of bamboo.

Tibetan: gra-ma a tree or shrub, probably the Tibetan furze, Caragana versicolor.

Burmese: kra bamboo (Luce).

Kachin: lǝkhra³ a variety of bamboo, (H) u-ra the elephant bamboo.

Comments: Cf. *ra (?).

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