Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)īɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goat

Tibetan: skjin wild mountain goat.

Kachin: tǝkhjen (Jili).

Lushai: kēl a goat, KC *kēl.

Comments: Namsangia kien. Sh. 409, 427; Ben. 73.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kh[ɨ̄]ŋH ( ~ gh-)

Meaning: will, intend

Chinese: 肯 *khǝ̄ŋʔ be willing.

Tibetan: dgoŋs-pa think, meditate, intend.

Burmese: ǝkhwaŋʔ leave, permission (Luce).

Lepcha: kón to let, to allow, to permit, to suffer, to give leave, to induce

Comments: Luce 78.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)j[ă]l

Meaning: win

Tibetan: rgjal victory.

Burmese: kjaj to win a game.

Lushai: kol to win a game (such as chess).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjăn (~qh-)

Meaning: lift, up

Chinese: 攓 *khran, *ghranʔ lift; 揵 *gran, *kanʔ id.

Tibetan: gjen up, upward, up-hill.

Lepcha: kan to ascend, to rise, to be elevated

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khj[ā̆]p

Meaning: throw

Chinese: 棄 *khits ( < *khips) to throw away.

Tibetan: rgjab-pa (p., f. brgjab, i. rgjob) to throw, fling; so rgjab to bite

Kachin: gap² to shoot, as an arrow.

Lushai: kāp to shoot at.

Lepcha: óp throw

Kiranti: *ʔǝ́p

Comments: Probably a mixture of two roots (cf. also PK *hV́p winnow). BG: Garo go, Dimasa gau throw; Rawang hwap; Magari ŋap; Vayu wop; Bahing ap; Miri ap. Sh. 47, 118; Ben. 50.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[kh]jāt

Meaning: thirst, hunger

Chinese: 渴 *khāt thirsty.

Kachin: kjet² be empty, suffering from hunger.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjɨăn ( ~ gh-, qh-, Gh-; r-)

Meaning: err, mistake

Chinese: 愆, 騫 *khran to err, fail; be defective, injured.

Tibetan: skjon mistake, err.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 217.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjŏ (~ gh-,-ǝ̆w)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: run

Chinese: 驅 *kh(r)o,-s drive (horses) forward; gallop, hasten.

Tibetan: dkju to run a race, ãkhju (p. ãkhjus) to run, ãgju (p. gjus) move quickly, rgjug, ãkhjug (p. khjug) to run.

Burmese: LB *kjǝwx > Akha cö to run with great speed.

Comments: Chepang kraw to run away. Coblin 128.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjŏk (~ *gh-, qh-, Gh-)

Meaning: bend, crooked

Chinese: 曲 *khok bend, crooked.

Tibetan: gjog curved, crooked, kjag-kjog, kjog-kjog curved, crooked, kjog id., khjog id., ãkhjog crooked, bent.

Lepcha: kjok to be crooked, curved, to wind as river, road; crooked

Comments: Simon 9. Cf. *kŭk.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjūnH

Meaning: beat, pound

Chinese: 捆 *khūnʔ to beat, to pound.

Tibetan: bkjun-pa to beat.

Lushai: kōn (kon) beat or strike.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[kh]ŏmH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fear

Chinese: 恐 *kh(r)oŋʔ fear.

Tibetan: (W) ãgam threaten, menace.

Kachin: kom² to fear.

Comments: Cf. PAA *kVm 'shame, fear' (Peiros 1998, 226).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ŏp ( ~ -ŭ-)

Meaning: pair

Kachin: gup² be doublet, go in pairs, (H) khup be in halves.

Lushai: kop a pair, a couple.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ŏt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of basket

Kachin: n-got² shallow, loosely woven bamboo basket used as a tray.

Lushai: kot a measure (of rice), a k. of basket.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ōn ( ~ -ū-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hill ridge

Burmese: kunh hill, saddle of a hill, backbone.

Lushai: kōn a saddle of a hill.

Lepcha: kŭŋ the ridge (of house, mountain, nose) (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ōŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: body

Burmese: kauŋ body.

Kachin: goŋ² the physical body.

Lushai: kōŋ the loins.

Lepcha: koŋ the body of slaughtered animals

Comments: Rawang guŋ body, animal, self, Trung gɔŋ¹-rĭʔ¹ the back, Dimasa mo-goŋ 'meat'. Ben. 182; Mat. 164.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kh(r)ăk

Meaning: crack, split

Chinese: 隙 *khrak crack, crevice.

Kachin: gaʔ² to split, crack, burst.

Lushai: kak a split, a rent, a crack.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khrăɫ ( ~ gh-, qh-, Gh-)

Meaning: cut

Chinese: 虔 *ghran to cut.

Tibetan: sgral-ba to cut into small pieces.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)r[ā]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mosquito

Burmese: khraŋ mosquito, LB *s-kraŋ.

Kachin: ǯiʔ²-groŋ² a mosquito.

Lushai: KC *krāŋ (?).

Comments: Mikir tim-kraŋ; Rawang mǝ-gaŋ; Trung kǝ³-raŋ2 fire-fly. Sh. 405; Ben. 71; Mat. 165. Cf. perhaps Serdukpen graŋ-bi 'worm'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kh(r)āp ( ~ gh-)

Meaning: box

Chinese: 匣 *ghrāp box.

Burmese: kap box.

Comments: Luce 36.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)rej ( ~ -ǝj)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: foot

Burmese: khrij foot, leg, LB *khrij.

Kachin: lǝkhre³ the back of the ankle (cf. also mǝgji¹ the thigh).

Lushai: ke foot, leg, KC *ke.

Comments: Trung xrăi¹ foot; Newari ki-pa thigh. Sh. 165. Cf. OC 踦 *k(r)aj 'foot (of an insect)'?