Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāH (/ *rāk, *rāŋ)

Meaning: rough, coarse

Chinese: 鹵 *rhāʔ rustic, coarse; salty (e.g. land).

Tibetan: rags coarse, thick, gross, raŋs rough, rude, unpolished.

Burmese: hraʔ feel the harshness of surface, feel an unpleasant taste.

Kachin: gra², mǝgra² be sharp to the touch.

Comments: Coblin 55-56. In Burm. the root has coincided with hraʔ 'to wound by a slight cut, accidentally', see *[ʔʷ]răH. Sag. 10 compares Chin. with PAN *qasiRa 'salt' (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ā]k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cord, bind, weave

Chinese: 絡 *rhāk silk thread; cord.

Tibetan: grags, ãgrogs to bind, sgrog(s) cord, rope, fetters.

Burmese: rak to weave, whether cloth, a mat or a basket, LB *rakx.

Kachin: roʔ² to untie, unbind.

Lushai: KC *Rak weave.

Comments: Rawang ra, Trung raʔ¹. Sh. 402; Gong 77.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ā]kʷ

Meaning: noise, roar

Chinese: 樂 *ŋrākʷ music (?)

Tibetan: ãkhrog-pa to roar, rush, buzz; grag-pa noise, rumour; ãgrag(s)-pa to cry, sound, resound; sgrog-pa to call, call out.

Burmese: rǝuk to sound, buzz.

Kachin: (H) gǝro to din, clamour.

Lushai: rāk to make a noise.

Lepcha: grik noise, sound of anything

Kiranti: *krùk

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: war, enemy

Chinese: 姦 *krān be wicked.

Tibetan: ral-gri sword, sgral to cut into small pieces, viz. the picture of an enemy whom one wishes to destroy.

Burmese: ran enemy, hatred, danger.

Kachin: phjen¹ war, a battle.

Lushai: rāl enemy, foe, KC *t?-r²āl.

Comments: Tiddim gāl; Moshang ral-ūŋ, Namsangia rān battle. Sh. 443; Ben 71.[PNC *Ł_ĕɫV].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāŋ / *rāk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bone

Chinese: 骼 *krāk bone (of animal), 胻 *g_rāŋ shinbone [since Han].

Burmese: khraŋ bone.

Kachin: (H) nraŋ bone (but cf. nra¹ id., see *răH).

Comments: BG: Garo greŋ, Dimasa gĕ-reŋ; Moshang a-rã, Namsangia a-rāh. Sh. 433.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆ŋH

Meaning: bright, clear

Chinese: 朗 *r_āŋʔ bright, 亮 *raŋs brightness, 景 *kraŋʔ bright, 爽 *sraŋʔ bright, dawn.

Burmese: hraŋh be clear, clean.

Lushai: Haka raaŋ white

Comments: Trung sraŋ 'bright'. Cf. also Sulung *rVŋ 'white', Aka *gryaŋ id., Naga *roŋ 'burn', Gurung khrõ-ba id. Cf. Austric: PAA *Cǝra:ŋ 'bright, morning', PAN *siraŋ 'dazzle, glare, light'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆t (? *Kăt)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: brave, hero

Chinese: 傑 *grat hero, vigorous.

Tibetan: gjad a champion, an athlete ( < Chin. ?).

Lushai: hrāt brave.

Comments: Simon 17; Coblin 93. Perhaps one should rather derive OC *grat < *r-gat, reconstructing *Kat and keeping the Lushai form apart.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāw

Meaning: poison

Chinese: � *r_āws poison [Chu word].

Burmese: (Sh.) rǝwh fish poison.

Kachin: mǝrau¹ fishing by stupefying the fish by the pulp of poisonous vines.

Lushai: ru the bark, roots and leaves etc, used for poisoning fish, KC *k-r²u.

Comments: Dimasa ru; Miri rî (v.). Sh. 195. Cf. Austric: PAA *rVw, PAN *hilu 'poison'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rĕ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rope

Chinese: � *r_e rope.

Tibetan: dres a k. of grass of which ropes and shoes are made.

Kachin: ri² a thread, cord, string, sumri¹ rope, (H) šiŋri, šiŋrit a bamboo rope.

Lepcha: rí a belt, a band, a stripe; grí to string bow

Kiranti: *rì

Comments: Miri rî-bî; Rgyarung (ti)-ri; Rawang sǝri thread, ban-ri rope, string, Trung tsǝ³-ri¹. Sh. 121, 195, 407; Ben. 137.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *re (t-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: know

Chinese: 知 *tre know, understand.

Tibetan: dra experienced, learned.

Burmese: krah to hear.

Kachin: (H) rai be able, can (mostly found in religious poetry).

Lushai: hria (hre, hriat) to know, hear, feel.

Comments: Cf. also Chin 解 *grēʔ understand; Tib. sgra sound, voice. Luce 1.

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