Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K(i)ap (~ -ep)

Meaning: a k. of disease

Tibetan: khabs name of a disease.

Burmese: kjap scrofula.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kiǝ̆ (~ -ɨ̆)

Meaning: happiness, prosperity

Chinese: 祺 *g_ǝ prosperity, fortunate.

Tibetan: dge-ba happiness, virtue, charity.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kiǝ̆t

Meaning: end, finish

Chinese: 訖 *kǝt finish, cease.

Kachin: (H) kjet be ended.

Comments: Cf. PAN *seked 'use up, finish'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K[i](j)

Meaning: enjoy, rejoice

Chinese: 嗜 *g_ijs enjoy.

Tibetan: dgjes-pa (resp.) rejoice, be glad.

Comments: Coblin 73. In Ch. cf. also 豈 khǝ̄jʔ 'joyous, pleasant'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ki(j)

Meaning: sneeze

Burmese: khjij to sneeze.

Kachin: khji² sneeze (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: A descriptive root? Mat. 163.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĭn ( ~ -ŋ, -ɫ)

Meaning: tie, bind

Chinese: 緊 *kinʔ to bind tight.

Burmese: khjań to tie, bind; thread

Comments: Luce 61.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kin (~-e-, -r, -ɫ)

Meaning: ant

Burmese: kjaṇ́ big ants.

Kachin: kǝgjin¹ ants, (H) ukjin, kǝkjin.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kiŋ (~-e-)

Meaning: narrow

Burmese: kjaṇ́h be narrow.

Kachin: gjeŋ¹, (Mat.) gjeŋ² be narrow (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: Mat. 179.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĭt

Meaning: luck, happiness

Chinese: 吉 *kit lucky.

Tibetan: skjid to be happy, happiness.

Burmese: khjać (OB khjat) to love, have affection for.

Comments: Simon 17; Peiros-Starostin 216; Coblin 87. The Burm. form is placed in STEDT 356 together with Tib. ãkhrig-pa 'copulate' with a reconstruction *krik, which seems less plausible (Burm. and LB forms show no signs of -r-).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĭw

Meaning: curved, bent

Chinese: 觓 *kiw, *giw horn-shaped, long and curved; 樛 *kriw down-curving

Tibetan: dgu to bend, bent, sgu-stegs elbow, angle.

Kachin: ko (H) be bent, curved; dǝgo² to fold (as an envelope); ku3 be bent.

Lushai: kiu the elbow, point of the elbow.

Comments: Cf. *kjǝ̄̆w.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kiw (r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sinew, fibre

Tibetan: rgjus fibres, rgjud (p. brgjus, brgjud, f. brgju, i. rgjud) to fasten on a string, rgjud string, cord, rgjuŋ the nerves, sinews.

Burmese: krawh nerve, sinew, vein, LB *kraw(x).

Comments: Trung dǝ³gru² sinew. Luce 24.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kīj ( ~ g-, Q-, G-)

Meaning: plant, cultivate

Chinese: 嵇 *kīj cultivate (field).

Kachin: khai³ to plant.

Comments: Cf. *liǝH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(ɨ)ă ( ~ g-, q-, G-; -t)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sit, dwell

Chinese: 居 *ka sit, dwell.

Tibetan: ãkhad to sit, remain sitting, ãkhod sit down, live, dwell.

Lepcha: kă, ga, go to be; ka to place upon

Comments: Cf. Sema Naga ika 'sit', perhaps also (with a nasal suffix) Gurung kũ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̆r (~g-)

Meaning: flag

Chinese: 旂 *gǝr flag.

Burmese: ta-khwan pendant, streamer.

Kachin: doŋkhon¹ a sail, flag (probably from Burm.).

Comments: Cf. PAN *tuŋgul 'banner, flag' (see Peiros 1998, 221).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kɨ(w) (; -k)

Meaning: lazy

Burmese: khǝw be lazy.

Kachin: ǝgoʔ³ to loaf, to tramp (cf. also lǝgon² be lazy).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̆wH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: onion

Chinese: 韭 *k(r)uʔ Allium, leek, onion.

Tibetan: sko-ce a k. of wild onion.

Kachin: šǝkau¹ an onion.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kɨ̄ɫ

Meaning: root, bottom

Chinese: 根 *kǝ̄n root, trunk.

Tibetan: khul-ma the bottom, or the side of a thing.

Kiranti: Kulung kǝl tusk (of elephant), fang (of snake, pig, tiger)

Comments: Gong 65. Cf. also Mikir aŋkur, kur, Pumi *r-kV 'root'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kɨ̄n

Meaning: hate, anger

Chinese: 很 *g_ǝ̄nʔ, 恨 *g_ǝ̄ns to hate, be malign.

Tibetan: khon anger, grudge, resentment, ãkhon be dissatisfied.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̄ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: road

Chinese: 堩 *kǝ̄ŋs road.

Lushai: koŋ a road, a path; KC *koŋ.

Lepcha: gun, a-gun a road (?)

Comments: Dimasa *lām-koŋ. Sh. 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̄̆w (~ g-; -t)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dig out

Chinese: 掘 *gut / *got dig out (earth), 搰 *gūt dig out.

Tibetan: rko (p. (b)rkos, f. brko, i. rkos) to dig, dig out; to engrave, rkod dig, dig out.

Burmese: kaw to lift out of place, prize up, as with a lever.

Kachin: got² to dig, dǝgot³ to scoop up, (H) lǝkhot scoop up.

Comments: Simon 17; Ben. 101; Gong 46.