Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tă (~ d-)

Meaning: all, total

Chinese: 諸 *ta many, all; 庶 *ta(k)s many, abundant

Tibetan: tha everything, all, total; dag sign of the plural (?)

Burmese: taʔ-ka, taʔ-kaʔ 'all'

Comments: Cf. also Naga *tV (Thangkur hup-ta, Angami pe-te etc.), Magar pǝṭ-ṭǝ, Naxi dɨ, Qiang kin-di id. Suffixed forms, beside Tib. dag, include also perhaps Bodo-Garo: Rabha dɨm-dak 'all'; Gurung tān id.; Trung (Anong) a-daŋ id. Cf. *tajH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăj

Meaning: dig

Kachin: dai¹ to grub, dig up by the roots.

Lushai: KC *tai.

Comments: Sh. 408.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Taj (~ -ǝj)

Meaning: plough

Burmese: thaj a plough, LB *staj.

Kachin: thai to plough.

Comments: Midzhu thai(R). Sh. 45, 181. Cf. Proto-Thai *r-taj id., PAA *tVj id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tajH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: big, much

Chinese: 多 *tāj much, many, 哆 *thajʔ, *thiajʔ, *trājʔ, *thrājʔ be great.

Tibetan: mthe-bo thumb (?)

Burmese: taj very; tǝiʔ sign of the plural.

Kachin: theʔ² and.

Lushai: teʔ ( < *teiʔ ?) much, very much; -te suffix denoting plurality.

Lepcha: tí, tɨ́-m 1 to be great,to be large, to be big 2 to be grand, to be noble 3 express comparative and superlative degree "better, greater, higher, much, very"; the great, the high, the upper etc.

Kiranti: *dV

Comments: Mikir the big; Rawang thɛ; Gurung tha' great. Ben. 66. Cf. Miju-Geman kɨ-tai, Naga *kǝd(a)i, Trung *thVi, Jiarong (kǝ)kte 'big'. Cf. also *tă 'all', *[d]ā 'thick' (with some confusion).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sunrise, light

Chinese: 曙 *d_a(k)s sunrise.

Tibetan: gdag the light, day.

Kiranti: *dek

Comments: ? Here perhaps Dhimal diʔ-ka, Naga *ma-dyak 'white; green', Kanauri ṭhōg' 'white'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tak / *Taŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tiger

Tibetan: stag tiger.

Lepcha: să-thaŋ

Comments: Bod. 153.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăk (~d-)

Meaning: pluck, pick

Chinese: 摭 *tiak pluck, select.

Kachin: thaʔ¹ to pick, take up.

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *peCik 'snap (fingers), pluck', PAA *tVk 'pull out, extract'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]aɫH

Meaning: membrane, pellicle

Chinese: 皽 *tanʔ, *tranʔ pellicle.

Lushai: dal the membrane or the thin skin inside bamboos.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăn

Meaning: cut

Kachin: dan² to cut, sever, as a rope.

Lushai: tan to drop or cut off, to amputate, KC *tan.

Comments: Mikir than; Pwo dã, Sgaw dɔ; BG: Bodo dan, Dimasa daiŋ; Nung dan reap. Sh. 48; Ben. 19, 134.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tan

Meaning: bar, beam

Tibetan: gtan bar, door-bar.

Burmese: tanh the main yard of a large boat, cross-beam.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *TanH

Meaning: dry

Tibetan: than drought.

Burmese: thanʔ-thanʔ be nearly dry.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ ( ~ d-)

Meaning: stretch, tension

Chinese: 張 *traŋ give tension to a bow; stretch, extend.

Tibetan: thaŋ tense, tight, firm.

Burmese: taŋh be tight (cf. also tauŋʔ be stiff, firm).

Lepcha: thyeŋ to pull out, to pull away; daŋ, dan to stretch out; to pull out; to elongate

Comments: Luce 73; Coblin 150.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tăŋ(H)

Meaning: bright

Chinese: 章 *taŋ brilliant, illustrious; splendid; 昌 *thaŋ bright, splendid.

Tibetan: mdaŋs brigtness of face, appearance etc.

Burmese: taŋʔ be pleasant, beautiful, thaŋh be bright, as colours.

Lepcha: kŭr-dăŋ ruddy, as ripe fruit

Comments: The Tib. form may reflect a merger with *tēŋ 'face' q. v. Cf. also Kulung thaNthaNpa 'shining, bright'. Cf. Austric: PAN *edaŋ 'light, shine', PAA *tVŋ 'burn'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ(H) (~d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: palm of hand; buttock

Chinese: 掌 *taŋʔ palm of the hand.

Tibetan: mthaŋ the lower part of the body.

Burmese: taŋ buttocks, posterior, LB *taŋ(x).

Kachin: mai²-daŋ² the buttocks, (H) daŋ.

Lepcha: tŭŋ the cushion of hand, the heel of foot

Kiranti: *Taŋ 'cheek'

Comments: Mat. 164. Cf. Motuo-Monpa ga-daŋ 'hand'. It is possible that the word for 'ear' in some TB languages also reflects a compound with this root: cf. Serdukpen khu-thuŋ, Dhimal nha-toŋ, Phom thoŋ, Rengma ńe-tiŋ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tap

Meaning: group

Tibetan: ãdab a train of persons.

Burmese: tap a group of people, troops.

Comments: ? Cf. OC 蟄 *d_rip 'be hibernating, clustering'; Tib. thib, thibs 'thick, dense, compact', ãthibs 'to cover, shade'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[ă]r

Meaning: a k. of cricket, cicada

Chinese: 蟬 *dar cicada.

Kachin: gǝdon¹, kǝdon¹, khǝdon¹ a k. of cricket.

Lepcha: tŭŋ-djăr a cricket, the house-cricket, Gryllus domesticus

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tar

Meaning: free, escape

Tibetan: thar become free, be free (cf. also ãćhor escape, let go, set free).

Lepcha: thor escape, get free; thjór let go, set free.

Comments: Bod. 153.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tăr ( ~ d-)

Meaning: a k. of cloth

Chinese: 襌 *dar, *dars, *tār, 袗 *tǝrʔ unlined garment.

Tibetan: ther a k. of thin woollen cloth; dar silk, cloth.

Burmese: ǝthań cloth, piece of cloth.

Comments: The Burm. form can be alternatively compared with Tib. ãdiŋ-ba, gdiŋ-ba all sorts of texture (see Luce 62).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ăw

Meaning: bright, shine

Chinese: 昭 *taw bright, illustrous.

Burmese: tuh 'to be burnt (of food)' ?

Kachin: tu² be shining, (H) ǝtu bright, shining, šǝtu to light.

Lepcha: kŭr-dŭ bright as star, brilliant, refulgent, luminous

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. ntho¹ fire-brand; Chepang du- 'red'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tā

Meaning: ford, pass over

Chinese: 渡 *dā(k)s to ford.

Tibetan: ãda (p. ãdas) pass over, travel over.

Comments: Simon 14; Coblin 116. Cf. also Tani *da 'road'.