Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sāt

Meaning: kill

Chinese: 殺 *srāt kill, 摋 *sāt to slap from the side.

Tibetan: gsod (p. bsad, f. bsad, i. sod) to kill, rcod (p. brcad) to contend, fight with arms.

Burmese: sat kill, LB *satx.

Kachin: gǝsat³ to kill, to murder.

Lushai: that to kill, KC *that'.

Kiranti: *sét

Comments: PG *sV[p] kill; BG: Boro thät, Dimasa thai, Garo soʔot; Moshang tat; Kham sat; Kham saj^L; Kanauri sad-; Rgyarung -sad; Trung sat¹; Mikir dǝyhét; Thankur kǝthǝt. Simon 18; Sh. 436, 410; Ben. 27; Mat. 202.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śe (~ ch-)

Meaning: every, all

Chinese: 斯 *ses completely, 悉 *sit all, completely.

Burmese: si every.

Lushai: se fully, completely.

Comments: Cf. Kanauri tseī , Konyak ǝ-sey, Sema Naga kun-tsɨ 'all', Chokri Naga kɨmɨ-tɨ 'full', Nung (Rourou) tćiæ.35 'all', Sichuan *C-sV 'full'; ? also Burm. ćijʔ complete, uniform; Tib. thams-ćad 'all' ( < *śa-t ?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sej

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of plant, fruit

Tibetan: gse, bse, se rose-bush, rose-tree, rose; sa- in sa-bon seed

Burmese: sih to bear fruits, fruit, LB *six.

Kachin: si² fruit, nsi⁴ an ear of grain.

Lushai: thei edible fruit, KC *thei.

Comments: Cf. also Lush. fe ears of rice, after reaping but before threshing. BG: Dimasa thai fruit, Garo bithe; Vayu se, si; Bahing si; Rawang šiŋ-ši; Mikir áthe seed; Chepang sáyʔ; Thankur atha. Sh. 436; Ben. 27; Mat. 181; Luce 11. Cf. Austric: PAA *(kǝ)sa:j 'rice', PAN *asiʔ 'rice (fermented, cooked)'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sen ( ~ *siǝn)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nail, claw

Tibetan: sen nail of a finger or toe.

Burmese: sańh nail, LB *Sinx.

Kachin: (?) lǝmjin¹; ? (H) čin.

Lushai: tin nail, claw, hoof, KC *m-tin

Kiranti: *sèn-d[ut]

Comments: PG *chìn claw, *sin nail; Kanauri tśin; Kham sèn; Khami msiŋ ~ mseŋ; Moshang yok-thin; Miri lag-śiŋ ~ lag-yin; Digaro mśi; Midzhu msen; Dhimal kur-siŋ. Sh. 448; Ben. 29. Lush. and KC t- is quite irregular: in fact, we may be dealing with another root, reflected also in Jnp. lǝthin¹ heel. A problem is presented by the form *min, reflected in Kach. lǝmjin, Karen *mVN: it can be perhaps regarded as an irregular development < *m-sin, or else represent a completely different root.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śēk

Meaning: cleave, split

Chinese: 析 *sēk cleave, split.

Tibetan: ãćheg (p. bśags, f. bśag, i. śog to break, to split, gśog / bśog (p. gśags, bśags, f. gśag, bśag, i. gśog) to cleave, to split, to tear.

Lushai: KC *śeʔ 'bite'

Kiranti: *ʒhék

Comments: Simon 10. See also *chīkʷ. Here perhaps several TB words for 'bite': Miju-Geman săk, Apatani àsɨ, Aka sik-ha-. Cf. Austric: PAA *ciek 'divide', PAN *biseqak, *bisak 'split' (see Peiros 1998, 221).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sēŋ

Meaning: smell, smell of raw meat

Chinese: 腥 *sēŋ(h) raw meat; rank smell.

Burmese: saŋh to emit a pleasant odor.

Kachin: siŋ¹ smell, scent; (H) usiŋ id.

Lushai: thāŋ (thān) have a smell or odour like raw flesh.

Comments: Trung čiŋ¹ to stink. Ben. 85; Mat. 181. ? Cf. also Tib. śaŋs (resp.) nose.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sēr ( ~ ch-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sleet, hail

Chinese: 霰 *sēns sleet.

Tibetan: ser-ba hail.

Kachin: sin¹ hail, hailstones.

Kiranti: Sunwar pha-še 'wind'

Comments: Sh. 52; Bod. 173; Coblin 135. Cf. perhaps Tani *sar 'wind'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sǝ̆ (r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sinew, tendon, thread

Chinese: 絲 *sǝ silk, thread.

Tibetan: rca, rcad vein, root.

Kachin: lǝsa³ a tendon, sinew.

Lushai: tha sinew, tendon, KC *Vr-tha.

Lepcha: so

Kiranti: *sǝ́

Comments: BG: Dimasa rada, Bodo roda, rota; Mikir artho; Chang hau; Kanauri sā; Rgyarung -rtse. Sh. 52; Ben. 109.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sǝ̆k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: breathe

Chinese: 息 *sǝk breath, sigh; rest.

Burmese: ǝsak breath, LB *sakx.

Kachin: saʔ³ to breathe, nsaʔ² air, gas.

Kiranti: *sǝk

Comments: PG *sàk breath; Rawang sa breath of life; Kham sā̀. Sh. 52; Ben. 146; Mat. 202. Luce 69 compares also Tib. srog life.

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