Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁ak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thick fluid, liquid grease

Chinese: 液 *liak fluid, moisture.

Tibetan: źag fat, grease (in a liquid state).

Burmese: panh-rak, wat-rak essence or juice of flowers.

Lushai: sa-hriak oil, grease.

Comments: Ben. 48.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁aŋ

Meaning: elder relative

Tibetan: źaŋ mother's brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law (also 'master', 'lord' in compounds).

Burmese: hraŋ lord, owner.

Kachin: salaŋ¹ an elder; an adviser or assistant to a chief.

Lushai: KC *-raŋ father's sister's husband.

Comments: Miri bu-riaŋ father's younger brother. Ben. 48.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁aw

Meaning: mix

Burmese: rawh to mix, be deranged.

Kachin: (H) jau be mixed, kǝjau mix (probably from Burm.).

Comments: Ben. 48. Cf. PAN *galu, *garu, *kalu 'stir, mix'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁āt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of small animal (otter, stoat)

Chinese: 獺 *srhāt otter.

Kachin: mǝlat² an animal of the weasel family resembling the stoat.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁ēt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back, hind part

Tibetan: rʒ́es trace, track; hind part (of a thing); to follow.

Burmese: rać remaining behind.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁ǝ̆j (-t, -n)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: laugh, smile

Chinese: 咥 *thrit laugh.

Tibetan: gźa to sport, joke, play; gźas play, joke, bźad, gźad laugh, smile.

Burmese: raj to laugh, LB *raj.

Kachin: ǝgja² to deride, make fun of, (H) gja, kja id.

Lushai: ṭhen to smile, grin; show the teeth.

Lepcha: thyăn to laugh

Kiranti: *rít(s)

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. (H) roi to mock. Magari ret; Rawang it; Thebor rot, Bunan sred; Bahing rit ~ ris; Digaro mǝra; Hrusso ra. Sh. 144; Ben. 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[rŋ]ul (?)

Meaning: sweat

Tibetan: rŋul perspiration, sweat.

Burmese: khrwijh, khjwijh sweat, LB *skrujx.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lean, weak

Chinese: 羸 *roj lean, emaciated; weak.

Kachin: (H) groi be thin, lean.

Lushai: roiʔ be weak, worn out, to lose power.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rok

Meaning: black

Tibetan: rog-rog dark grey, black-grey

Comments: Cf. Kanauri rokh 'black', perhaps also Padam (Tani) yo-roŋ id. [Cf. *rVk 'burn, ashes'; *ruak 'leaf'].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[o]ɫ

Meaning: free, loose

Tibetan: ãgrol-ba (p. grol) to become free, released from, ãgrol-ba (p. bkrol, f. dgrol, i. khrol) to loose, untie, release; sgrol-ba (p., f. bsgral) to rescue, deliver, save; grol deliverance (from the pain of existance).

Burmese: runh to pull, draw with strain; try to escape, break away.

Kachin: (H) ginran, gǝran, kǝran be loose, not tight.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏɫ

Meaning: long for, intend

Chinese: 戀 *rons to long for.

Burmese: rwaj to aim, take aim, intend.

Kachin: ron¹ to like, find agreeable (as scent or odor).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ŏ]ɫ (~-l)

Meaning: stiff, sore

Kachin: ran¹ be stiff, rigid.

Lushai: rol be stiff and sore (as arm or leg).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *roɫH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: light

Chinese: 孌 ronʔ be beautiful, handsome

Tibetan: khrol-khrol bright, shining, khrol-po sparkling, glistening, dazzling.

Burmese: hrwanh be clear, bright, shining.

Comments: Cf. *rōnH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rol (~-ɫ)

Meaning: sorcery

Tibetan: rol to practice sorcery, cause to appear by magic power.

Burmese: rwa a polite term of witchery.

Comments: Cf. also Tib. sprul to juggle, to make phantoms appear, to transform oneself, ãphrul jugglery, magical deception. Sh. 75.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rol (~-ɫ)

Meaning: fragile

Tibetan: khrol-mo brittle, fragile.

Burmese: rwaʔ be friable, easy crumbled or pulverized.

Kiranti: *b(h)ról

Comments: ? Cf. the word for 'dry' in some TB languages: Milang ha-re, Bodo, Garo raʔn, Konyak *ran, Hmar ṭōl.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: narrow passage

Tibetan: roŋ narrow passage, defile, cleft.

Lushai: roŋ the mouth of a bottle.

Comments: Here perhaps Miji mǝ-ruŋ, Achang źɔŋ.31 'short', Apatani aruŋ 'near'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏŋ

Meaning: honour, respectful; guard

Chinese: 龔 *kroŋ sincerely respectful; 寵 *srhoŋʔ favour, affection; exalt.

Tibetan: gruŋ wise, prudent, meek, mild, gentle; sruŋ (p. (b)sruŋs, f. bsruŋ, i. (b)sruŋ(s)) to watch, keep guard.

Kachin: (H) ǝroŋ honour, reputation.

Lushai: roŋ-bōl (LS) to minister, to serve, to attend upon (bōl do, act); KC *hruŋ.

Lepcha: răŋ to watch, to guard; to wait, to stay

Comments: Ngente hruŋ to guard. PG *r[h]ùŋ guard; Kanauri ruŋ-. Sh. 39, 135.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *roŋ

Meaning: straight

Tibetan: ãgroŋ(s) straight.

Burmese: phrauŋʔ straight, vertical.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏŋ / *rŏk (~-ŭ-)

Meaning: dragon

Chinese: 龍 *roŋ dragon.

Tibetan: ãbrug dragon.

Comments: Rgyarung ta-mrok dragon. Cf. PAA *(pǝ)rjoŋ 'dragon; rainbow'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rop (~-ua-)

Meaning: rob, assault

Chinese: 劫 *k(r)ap rob, plunder, to force.

Tibetan: rub to rush in upon, to attack, to assault.

Comments: Cf. PAA *rup 'hold, catch'.