Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨāk

Meaning: search

Chinese: 索 *sāk search, demand; ransack.

Kachin: gǝsok² to search, (H) sok id.

Kiranti: *suk 'be able, look for an opportunity'

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *sa:k / *cɔ:k 'look for', Tai zak 'ask'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨ̄m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: three

Chinese: 三 *sǝ̄m three.

Tibetan: sum, gsum three.

Burmese: sumh three, LB *sumx.

Kachin: mǝsum¹ three.

Lushai: thum three, KC *k-in-thum.

Lepcha: sam three

Kiranti: *súm

Comments: PG *sòm; BG: Dimasa gă-thām, Garo gi-thom; Moshang a-tūm; Namsangia -ram; Kanauri śum; Rgyarung -sam; Kham som^L-lo. Simon 23; Sh. 52, 125, 436; Ben. 94; Mat. 181.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨ̄r(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: yellow, bright (metal)

Chinese: 銑 *sǝ̄rʔ bright and well-polished metal.

Tibetan: gser gold, ser yellow.

Burmese: hrwij gold, LB *sruj.

Lushai: thīr iron, KC *m?-thīr.

Kiranti: *sèl

Comments: Mikir ser gold; BG: Garo sil, Dimasa ser; Rawang sä; Bahing syāl; Digaro si; Trung ser¹. Sh. 406, 442, 192; Ben. 80.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *so (~-ew, -aw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rancid, rotten

Burmese: sǝwh be incipiently putrid, be stale, rancid.

Kachin: cu² be stale, rancid (cf. also (H) mǝšu mould, mildew).

Lushai: thu the fluid which comes from a corpse or any decomposing flesh.

Comments: Mikir thu rotten, BG: Garo so rot, decay; Dimasa thau id. Ben. 54; Mat. 182.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śojH

Meaning: swing, brandish

Burmese: swajʔ to brandish, swing.

Kachin: diŋšoi³ to flourish or brandish, as a sword before the face of someone.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sok

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain, seed

Chinese: 粟 *shok

Kiranti: *sV̀k

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *som / *sop ( ~ ch-)

Meaning: empty

Tibetan: sob, gsob hull, void, empty.

Kachin: som³ be empty, as an egg-shell, (H) nsom.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śor

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flow, pour

Tibetan: ãćhor (p. śor) escape; flow out; run over; come out; go over.

Burmese: swan to pour out, spill, shed.

Kachin: šon¹ to flow, as tears, sweat.

Lepcha: čhór the pouring of water

Kiranti: *ʒhòr ( / ʔc-)

Comments: Trung čɔr² to leak; BG: Dimasa di-sor flow, Garo sol-aŋ id. Ben. 56. Cf. OCh. 潸 *srān, *srānʔ tears flowing (a suffixed form?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śor (?*śɨr)

Meaning: rough

Tibetan: gśor, gśer rough, bristly, shaggy.

Lushai: thur be rough, ther be rough, be covered with thorns etc.

Lepcha: kă-šer a hedgehog

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śōjH

Meaning: small

Chinese: 瑣 *sōjʔ small, fragment.

Kachin: (H) šoi small, weak.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sōɫH (~ʒ-,-ū-)

Meaning: basket

Chinese: 匴 *sōnʔ basket.

Lushai: thūl a k. of basket.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sōm ( ~ ś-)

Meaning: voice, noise

Burmese: ǝsam voice.

Lushai: thōm sound, noise, voice.

Comments: Cf. Serdukpen nu-sum, Bugun ha-sam 'wind'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sōr

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: garlic, onion

Chinese: 蒜 *sōrs garlic.

Burmese: swan onion, LB *[s]wan.

Comments: Sh. 54; Luce 55.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śōrH

Meaning: count, measure

Chinese: 算 *sōrʔ, *sōrs ( ~ -nʔ, -ns) to count, counting tally; reckon, take into acount.

Tibetan: śor to measure, gśor to count, to measure.

Kachin: son¹ to calculate.

Comments: Gong 68.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *srāj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sand

Chinese: 沙 *srāj sand.

Tibetan: sa earth

Burmese: sajh sand, LB *[ś]ajx.

Lushai: Haka thet-se 'sand'

Kiranti: *se-krem

Comments: PG *sa; Trung a³-sa¹; Kanauri śo; Tani *sɨ-, Konyak *sVi, Naga *sV 'sand', Chepang saʔ 'earth', Sichuan *ṣV- 'sand'. Sh. 52, 123, 135; Mat. 182; Peiros-Starostin 218; Coblin 129.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ś(r)ām

Meaning: cut, mow

Chinese: 芟 *srām to mow, sickle.

Lushai: sām to cut down (as weeds), mow down.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *s(r)ān

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mountain

Chinese: 山 *srān

Comments: Cf. also Karen *šṼ, Konyak *šVŋ 'mountain'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sre

Meaning: strain off, riddle

Chinese: 釃 *sre, *sreʔ, *sra to strain off wine.