Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jip ( ~ ʔ-)

Meaning: sleep

Burmese: ip to sleep, lie down, LB *jip; sip to put to sleep, LB *s-jipx.

Kachin: jup³ to sleep.

Lushai: KC *ipʔ.

Comments: Tsangla ip ~ yip; Rawang yɨp sleep, śǝyɨp put to sleep, Trung ĭp¹ sleep; Namsangia dźup; Banpara zip; Bunan ib; Bahing ip; Miri yup; Thebor if. The variant with *-m is reflected, besides Kiranti, in: Mantshati im dream (n.); Chepang yem; Vayu im-. Sh. 136, 430; Ben. 36-37;Mat. 202. Cf. Austric: PAA *jap / *jip 'close eyes', PAN *qenVp, *qinep 'lie down to sleep'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jɨ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: face

Chinese: 頤 *lǝ chin

Lushai: KC *yu face.

Kiranti: *jó-[l]i (?)

Comments: Rgyarung -yo id. Sh. 42. Cf. perhaps Tani: Padam a-yo, Apatani àl-yo 'bark', Sema Naga asɨ-ko-za id.?

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jɨăn (~ -ɫ)

Meaning: long, oblong

Chinese: 羨 *lhans oblong.

Kachin: jon² be pointed, oval, lanceolate, (H) mǝjon id.

Comments: Cf. PAA *ja:l 'long', Tai ja:n 'very long'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jɨ̆p

Meaning: damp, wet

Chinese: 溼 *slǝp damp, wet (e. g. soil).

Lushai: zop be damp, get damp.

Comments: Cf. Gangte zap 'swim'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jo (~-ǝw)

Meaning: blame, suspect

Tibetan: jus blame, charge.

Burmese: jǝwh to suspect of a crime.

Comments: Cf. OC 尤 *wǝ 'guilt, fault, blame' ?

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŏj (~-ŭ-)

Meaning: follow

Chinese: 隨 *lhoj follow.

Lushai: zui to follow, go after, KC *ywi.

Comments: Siyin yui. Ben. 51. Cf. PAN *tuluy 'continue' ( < Chin.?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jojH

Meaning: crooked, slanting

Tibetan: jo, g-jo slanting.

Burmese: jwajʔ be drawn aside, be one-sided, crooked, bent, slanting.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jok (k-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scoop, ladle

Tibetan: skjogs scoop, ladle.

Burmese: jauk ladle.

Comments: PG *khjoC scoop out; Kham kjṑ. ? Cf. also Tib. jog poker (Ben. 14).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jom

Meaning: diminish

Kachin: jom² be diminishing, growing less.

Lushai: zom to decrease (in size, bulk or quantity) in the process of cooking, dying etc.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jom / *joŋ

Meaning: join, together

Tibetan: joŋs all, whole.

Kachin: joŋ² all, the whole.

Lushai: zom to join, unite.

Comments: Cf. Thakali yom 'all'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jomH

Meaning: brave

Chinese: 勇 *loŋʔ brave.

Lushai: zuam be unafraid of.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jonH (~-ua-,-r,-ɫ)

Meaning: drum, gong

Burmese: jwanh to drum.

Kachin: jun²-maŋ² a gong.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jōjH

Meaning: lazy, slow

Chinese: 惰 *lōjʔ, *lōjs lazy, negligent; careless; useless.

Lushai: zoi be limp, flexible; feeble, powerless; slow; quiet or soft (as voice); not loud.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *j[ō̆]j(H)

Meaning: crush, destroy

Chinese: 墮 *l_ōjʔ, *sloj dismantle, destroy.

Kachin: (H) ǝjai to crush, reduce to small fractions.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŭ

Meaning: beer, wine

Chinese: 卣 *lu wine bottle (also "wine" in bronze inscriptions).

Lushai: zu beer or any fermented liquor; the nectar of a flower, KC *yu.

Comments: Tsangla yu; BG: Dimasa dźu, Garo tśu; Banpara zu; Thebor yu; Digaro, Dhimal yu. Sh.42, 430; Ben. 32.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jU

Meaning: ashes

Lepcha: ju

Comments: Cf. Tani: Apatani muyu, Hill Miri maya 'ashes'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jŭ (/-n)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of small animal (hare, rabbit, rat)

Chinese: 鼬 *lus (~Ł-) weasel (?).

Tibetan: jos hare (but only as an astronomical term).

Burmese: jun hare.

Kachin: ju³ a rat, mouse.

Lushai: sa-zu a rat, KC *b-ju.

Kiranti: *jí-cu ( < *jú-cǝ)

Comments: Chepang rok-ju rat; Mikir phi-dźu; Namsangia dźu-pu; Kanauri pyu rat; Bahing yö; Rgyar. pu-yu rat. Sh. 42, 134, 430; Ben. 32. The OCh. form (especially if it has *Ł-, suggested by xie-sheng) should perhaps be rather compared with Jnp. sǝlo³ flying squirrel, yielding a reconstruction *ƛǝ̆w.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jua

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: float, wander about

Chinese: 遊 *lu wander about; 游 *lu float.

Tibetan: g-jo (p.,i. g-jos) to move.

Burmese: jǝw flow, leak; mjawh to float down, drift, hmjawh to set afloat.

Kachin: jo¹, joŋ¹ to float with the stream.

Lushai: zoʔ go along, walk along; follow (as road).

Comments: Tsangla yu; Rawang ǝyü; Trung a³-jǝ² to flow. Ben. 103. Cf. also Karen *ju.1B, Kanauri ya-m-, Tani *yo- 'fly', with a nasal suffix also Naga *yoŋ, Chepang šuŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ju(a)]

Meaning: fat, oil

Chinese: 油 *lu oil

Comments: Not quite reliable: besides Chinese (late attested) the root is only observed in Konyak yao and Sulung: Serdukpen ayo, Bugun ayoi 'fat'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *juar

Meaning: borrow, sell

Tibetan: g-jar to borrow, to lend.

Burmese: waj buy.

Lushai: zuar (zorʔ) to offer for sale, KC *ywar.

Comments: Mikir dźor, Meithei yol ~ yon, Rawang wan. Ben. 51.