Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́āk

Meaning: give, offer

Chinese: 胙 *ʒ́_āks to reward, to give prosperity, confer a fief on.

Tibetan: ãʒ́ags (C) to give.

Burmese: ćhak to offer, give.

Kachin: (H) sak to offer.

Lushai: čhiaʔ make an offering.

Comments: Coblin 121.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́ā]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rain, shower

Kachin: caŋ² to fall, as a light, cooling shower, to squirt.

Lushai: čhēŋ (čhēn) to rain continuously.

Comments: Cf. also: Karen *cuN, Tujia tsie, Manipuri chumthaŋ, Naga *cVŋ 'rain'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́]eŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: joint

Kachin: lǝseŋ¹ the corpus and metacorpus of the fore-arm; (H) lǝsiŋ wrist.

Lushai: čaŋ a joint (of finger, bamboo), čāŋ a joint.

Comments: Cf. also Bugun azeŋ 'bone'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒha

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: eat

Tibetan: za (p. zos, bzos, f. bza, i. zo(s)) to eat, gzan to eat, devour, zan fodder, porridge.

Burmese: ćah to eat, LB *cah.

Kachin: ša³ eat, šat² boiled rice, rice for eating.

Lushai: fa an old Lushai word for "rice", faʔ to feed with the mouth, KC *faʔ ~ *fakʔ.

Kiranti: *ʒo (?/*ʒǝ)

Comments: PG *ca; BG: Garo tśaʔ-; Dimasa dźi; Namsangia tśa, Moshang sa; Kanauri za; Trung aŋ³dza¹; Kham zyā; Kaike jāchye. Sh. 436, 124; Ben. 20; Mat. 192; Luce 3.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhaj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: illness, disease

Chinese: 瘥 *ʒāj / *caj disease.

Burmese: ćha be hungry; be weak (of hands, feet).

Lushai: KC *fa be ill.

Comments: Sh. 54. KC *fa instead of *faj under the influence of a similar root, see *chǝ be ill; heal, recover.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hal (~-e-)

Meaning: weigh, measure

Tibetan: ãʒ́al (p. bćal, f. gźal, i. aʒ́ol) to weigh, measure.

Burmese: ća to compare, ćhaʔ to guess at on a sight, examination, concideration (cf. also caṇ́h steelyard).

Kachin: (H) šen, šin to weigh.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́h[a]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skilful, artful

Chinese: 匠 *ʒhaŋs ( ~ ʒ́h-) artisan, skilful.

Tibetan: gćaŋ clever, lively, sprightly.

Burmese: ćhaŋ make, construct, adorn; to judge.

Lushai: fiŋ (fin) be wise, clever; be artfull, cunning.

Comments: Luce 72.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhaŋ ( ~ ʒ́h-)

Meaning: enter, go down

Burmese: ćhaŋh to go down, downstairs (cf. also ćauŋh to set, as the sun).

Kachin: šaŋ² to enter, (H) ǯanšaŋ to set, as the sun (ǯan).

Comments: Cf. Sangtam Naga choŋ 'come'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒh]ăr (~[ʒ́h]-)

Meaning: sister

Kachin: kǝǯan¹ sister.

Lushai: far-nu sister.

Comments: Thangkur ǝzăr-vă sister (man speaking); Trung mǝ³-dǯăl² elder sister; Meithei itśal ~ itśan; Kadu san younger sister. Ben. 28.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́h]aw (~-ew; -k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: milk, breasts

Tibetan: źo thick milk, curds, ãʒ́o (p. bźos, f. bźo, i. ãʒ́os) to milk.

Burmese: ćǝwʔ to draw out (milk from the breast), suck, LB *ćǝw > Akha cö́ female breast.

Kachin: čuʔ³ the breasts, milk.

Lushai: KC *Su.

Lepcha: ka-čhu buttermilk after butter has been extracted; čhu incorr. for šo (T) curds

Kiranti: *cù

Comments: Rawang sä̂. Sh. 401. STEDT 227-230 *tšu 'milk, breast'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hānH

Meaning: stretch

Burmese: ćanʔ to be stretched out straight, ćhanʔ to stretch out straight from a bent or curved position; to stretch, be elastic.

Kachin: (H) čan to stretch, as in order to reach.

Lushai: fān to stretch, be elastic.

Comments: The Burm. and Jnp. forms can be alternatively compared with Lush. čar to straighten the arm or leg.

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