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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷă (s-, -ŋ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: go
Chinese: 于 *wa to go, go to, 往 *waŋʔ to go to.
Tibetan: ʔoŋ come, soŋ pf. and imp. of ãgro "to go".
Burmese: swah go, waŋ enter, go or come in.
Kachin: wa2 return.
Lushai: KC *waŋ go (cf. also Lush. vāk, vaʔ go, walk).
Kiranti: *wòŋ
Comments: PG *wàŋ ~ *khòŋ enter; Chepang, Magari hwa to go; Newari wa to go; Dhimal waŋ enter; Bunan hwaŋs ~ hoaŋ come out. Sh. 64; Ben. 50, 105.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷăt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: light, moon
Tibetan: od light, shine, brightness.
Burmese: nij-at (Archaic) sunlight (Ben.).
Comments: Thado wat shine; Bahing hwa light; Kabui Naga *hV 'moon'. Ben. 50-51.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷēŋ (~qhʷ-, Gʷ-)
Meaning: confuse, perplexed
Chinese: 熒 *w_ēŋ, -ŋʔ, -ŋs dazzle, confuse, delude.
Kachin: uŋ1-aŋ1, (H) uŋ be perplexed, bewildered, puzzled.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷǝ̆m
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bear
Chinese: 雄 *whǝm bear.
Tibetan: dom the brown bear.
Burmese: wam bear, LB *[ɣw]am.
Lushai: vom, KC *t-Xwom.
Kiranti: *wä̀m
Comments: PG *tawam; Kanauri hom; Thebor hom; Lepcha sǝtum wolf; Mikir thak-wam; Miri si-tum; Digaro tǝham~tǝhum; Bahing wam. Sh. 22, 141; Ben. 116.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷǝn (~ qhʷ-)
Meaning: sky, cloud
Chinese: 雲 *whǝn cloud.
Lushai: vān the sky, heavens.
Comments: Cf. also Karen *ʔUN.3L 'cloud', Mikir iŋhun id. Cf. PAN *hawan 'atmosphere, space'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ʔʷik (~-ek)]
Meaning: elder brother
Burmese: ać-kǝw elder brother, LB *s-wikx.
Comments: Mikir ik. Ben. 36.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷīj (s-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: blood
Chinese: 血 *swhīt blood.
Tibetan: yi spirit.
Burmese: swijh blood, LB *Sujx.
Kachin: sai2 blood.
Lushai: thi blood, KC *thi.
Lepcha: vi
Kiranti: *hì
Comments: Tsangla yi; BG: Dimasa thi, Garo anʔ-tśi, Bodo tǝ́y; Rawang śö; Trung čǝi1; Kanauri świ; Rgyarung -śi; Moshang tă-gri; Banpara a-dźi; Miri iyu; Vayu vi; Bahing hu-si; Digaro hǝroi~hrwei. Sh. 52, 135, 442; Ben. 51; Mat 181.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷɨ̆k (~qhʷ-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: space, territory
Chinese: 域 *whǝk territory, state; boundary; 閾 *w_ǝk, *swǝk threshold, 國 *kwǝ̄k state, country.
Burmese: wǝuk circle, district, zone.
Lushai: oʔ take up room, to occupy space.
Comments: Here perhaps also Sulung *jVk 'earth' (Sulung mǝ-ʒɛ, Bugun ńa-jak).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷrāɫ
Meaning: tear
Chinese: 擐 *w_rāns to tear asunder between chariots.
Tibetan: ral torn (of clothes), dral, hral to read, tear up, tear to pieces.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʔʷ]rǝ̆H
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: wound, cut
Chinese: 痏 *w_rǝʔ wound.
Tibetan: dra (p. dras) to cut, clip, lop, pare (with knife or scissors).
Burmese: hraʔ (<*wraʔ ?) to wound by a slight cut, accidentally.
Lepcha: hra to cut
Comments: BG: Garo ra ~ rat, Dimasa ra cut, reap. Ben. 115.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷVm
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: burn
Chinese: 炎 *wam blaze, burn (?)
Burmese: um to glow, smoulder, umh to roast in embers.
Lushai: vām (vam) be in a red-hot glowing condition (as fire).
Lepcha: om shine, om-bo illuminating
Kiranti: *[w]èm (/-p)
Comments: The root may partially contaminate with *wVp 'ashes' q.v.: cf. the alternation -m/-p in Kiranti and Kham hip 'burn'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ba]
Meaning: egg-plant
Kachin: šǝba2 egg-plant.
Lushai: KC: Mara ba-bao the egg-fruit, brinjal.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bărH
Meaning: to open
Burmese: phranʔ spread (wings), pranʔ spread (a carpet).
Kachin: phjan2 to spread the wings, to open, as the fist ( < Burm.?).
Lushai: pharʔ to open (the hand, flower, etc.); be wide open.
Comments: Bodo to-pǝ́y come out (of buds); Kham phǝy to open.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bā(H) / *phā(H)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: spread, extend; wide, vast
Chinese: 溥 *phāʔ be vast, wide, 布 *pās cloth; spread out (a mat); 鋪 *phā, *pha spread out; 誧 *pāʔ, *phāʔ, *phāʔs big, large, increase.
Kachin: šǝpa1 to extend, as a cobra its hood; gǝba2 be big, great.
Lushai: phaʔ to spread (as cloth, etc.); to place flat on the ground.
Kiranti: *bhä́[p]
Comments: Maybe two roots, but very hard to demarcate. Cf. also Sulung *bV, Tani *bǝ 'big'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bān
Meaning: tie
Chinese: 絆 *pānh bonds, ties (since Han).
Lushai: phan to knit, to crochet, to net.
Kiranti: *ʔpǝ́t (/-n) (?)
Comments: Bodo bǝ́n to tie up.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bārH (/ *brān)
Meaning: board, flat surface
Chinese: 版 *prānʔ board, tablet.
Tibetan: ãphar board (in compounds).
Lushai: pharʔ even, smooth.
Comments: Bod. 145. Cf. also Lush. pher be flat (as a rock or large stone) and Burm. saŋ-punh blackboard (Luce 57).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bek
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sweep
Tibetan: ãphjag to sweep, clean.
Lushai: phiat to sweep, brush, hmun-phiaʔ broom; KC *phiak.
Kiranti: *phík
Comments: Mikir arphek broom; Newari tu-phe broom; Chepang phek; Miri pök sweep. Sh. 46, 161; Ben. 46.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ĕŋ
Meaning: ear
Kachin: lǝbjiŋ1 the outside of the ears.
Lushai: beŋ the ear.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ber
Meaning: plait, knit, fasten
Chinese: 編 *pē̆n, pēnʔ plait, weave, 辮 *bēnʔ to plait.
Tibetan: ãbjar, ãbjor to stick to, adhere to, sbjor (p., f. sbjar) to affix, to attach, fasten.
Lushai: phiar to knit, plait, crochet.
Kiranti: *phèr
Comments: Bahing phyer sew. Ben. 46. Cf. PAN *piri 'plait, wrap'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bē̆jH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hip, femur
Chinese: 髀 *peʔ, *beʔ, *pijʔ femur, haunch.
Tibetan: dpji hip, hip-bone.
Lushai: phei the leg, the lower leg.
Comments: Thankur -phǝ́y leg. Gong 63.
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