Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ŭm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: crooked, bent

Tibetan: khums crooked, kum-pa crooked, shriveled, ãgum bend, curve, contrast.

Burmese: khumh be convex.

Kachin: gum² to bow, bend, (H) dǝgum bent, n-gum be bent forward.

Lushai: kom to bend or flex (as a leg) (cf. also kum to shrug or draw up (the shoulders), to hollow (the tongue or hand)).

Lepcha: kŭm arched, concave, vaulted; a small cave or arch as under rock

Kiranti: *kum

Comments: Kham gom^L; Magari ghum. Ben. 78.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ŭŋ

Meaning: side, edge

Kachin: n-guŋ² back of a blade.

Lepcha: kŭr-kŭŋ the outer side of bent article as of tree, the ridged side of anything in opp. to kŭr-go

Comments: Mikir kuŋ side, edge; BG: Dimasa burguŋ edge, margin, blunt edge of a knife, Garo rikiŋ edge. Ben. 82.

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

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: group, many

Chinese: 群 *ghur crowd, group.

Tibetan: dgur many, all.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 211.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ūr

Meaning: labour, toil

Burmese: kunh to work hard, to make efforts.

Lushai: kūr to work hard, to labour, to toil.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)Vm

Meaning: contract, reduce

Tibetan: skum-pa (p. bskums, f. bskum, i. skum(s)) to contract, to draw in.

Lushai: kiam to lessen, to reduce, to decrease.

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

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: exhort, admonish

Chinese: 勸 *khʷars exhort, encourage.

Tibetan: skul-ba to exhort, admonish, enjoin.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷăn (~ ghʷ-, qhʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bond, stake

Chinese: 券 *khʷans bond, deed, consisting of two halves (wooden parts).

Tibetan: rgjan a stake or pledge at play.

Burmese: khwan taxes.

Kachin: (H) khan taxes, tribute (possibly from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷăt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door or space in front of house

Chinese: 闕 *khʷat look-out tower over gate, gate.

Tibetan: bkad(-sa) a bake-house, kitchen; open hall or shed, created on festive occasions.

Burmese: khat to fence.

Kachin: khat² an outer passage, 'back-door'.

Lushai: kot a place or space in front of a house.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ʷăt ( ~q(h)ʷ-;-s)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fern

Chinese: 蕨 *kʷat fern.

Tibetan: skjas, skjes fern.

Comments: ? Cf. Jnp. (H) mǝkro the tree-fern.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grave, excavate

Chinese: 壙 *khʷāŋs grave pit.

Tibetan: skuŋ-ba (p. bskuŋs, f. bskuŋ) to hide in the ground, bury, inter.

Burmese: khauŋh coffin, khauŋ to excavate in a slanting direction, LB *khVŋ dig.

Lushai: kuaŋ a coffin, a trough, a groove, KC *r-kuaŋ ~ *khoŋ.

Kiranti: *khoŋ 'trough'

Comments: Garo riŋ-koŋ trough; Namsangia khuon-kho coffin; Rgyarung -źgo coffin. Sh. 47, 122, 477.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷĕŋ ( ~ ghʷ-, qhʷ-, Ghʷ-)

Meaning: slanting

Chinese: 頃 *khʷeŋ slanting, 傾 *khʷeŋ incline.

Kachin: nkhjeŋ² to lean, be aslant; (H) gjeŋ, n-gjeŋ, kjeŋ, dǝkjeŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷĕr (~ ghʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fist, hollow of hand with fingers bent

Chinese: 拳 *ghʷren fist.

Tibetan: skjor, khjor the hollow of the hand filled with a fluid.

Kiranti: *khVr hand

Comments: Bod. 150. Cf. also BG *k[o]r 'claw', Dhimal khur 'hand'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ʷēɫ

Meaning: a wild animal

Chinese: 贙 *g_ʷēn ( ~ w_-, -īn) a fierce animal [since Han].

Kachin: khan¹ a wild cat.

Lushai: kōl-sa a large sp. of leopard.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̆ŋ (~ghʷ-,qhʷ-)

Meaning: vaulted, crooked

Chinese: 穹 *khʷǝŋ high and vaulted, vault.

Tibetan: khoŋs crooked, ãkhoŋ to squat; to hide one's self.

Burmese: khwaŋ be bent, curved, as horn.

Kachin: khoŋ¹-khoŋ¹ curved.

Lepcha: koŋ to be bent a little, to incline to one side, to be out of perpendicular

Kiranti: *gh[u]ŋ (/*ʔk-,-k)

Comments: BG: Dimasa goŋ, Garo goŋ-; Trung dǝ³-guŋ¹ be bent; Chepang khuŋʔ to stoop. Sh. 46, 427. Cf. Austric: PAA *kɔŋ 'bent, curved', PAN *beŋkuŋ, *-kuŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷǝ̄mH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hollow, pit

Chinese: 坎 *khǝ̄mʔ, 坅 *khǝmʔ pit.

Tibetan: gjam a shelter, a grotto.

Lushai: kōm a hollow in the ground, kuam a valley, a hollow, a depression.

Comments: Possibly two roots, but hard to distinguish from each other.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷɨ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hill, mound

Chinese: 丘 *khʷǝ hill, mound.

Lushai: kô a mound, a bank.

Lepcha: khu mountain

Kiranti: *ku ( ~ gh-)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷɨ̆ (~qhʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of worm or lizard

Chinese: 蚯 *khʷǝ earthworm.

Burmese: khu hairy caterpillar.

Kachin: siŋku³ a water-lizard, (H) siŋgu id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷ(j)ān

Meaning: complete, finish

Chinese: 完 *ghʷān to complete.

Burmese: kjwanh to complete, finish.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷrā ( ~ ghʷ-)

Meaning: boast

Chinese: 夸 *khʷrā boast.

Burmese: krwah be vain, boastful.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khʷrāt ( ~ ghʷ-)

Meaning: speech

Chinese: 話 *ghʷrāts speech, lecture.

Tibetan: gros advice, speech, talk.

Lepcha: krut advice, council, opinion, consultation

Comments: Gong 47.