Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *klV̄ŋ

Meaning: public

Chinese: 公 *klōŋ public; official place, palace.

Lushai: tlāŋ the public, the people.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *koj (~-l)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hide

Burmese: kwaj to conceal, keep out of sight.

Kachin: mǝkoi¹ hide, conceal.

Comments: Ben. 67.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K[ŏ]m ( ~ Q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of insect (cricket, locust)

Chinese: 蛩 *g_oŋ cricket.

Kachin: diŋgam¹ locusts.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kŏŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: top, above

Chinese: 邛 *g_oŋ mound.

Tibetan: goŋ the above.

Burmese: khauŋ the topmost place, khauŋh head.

Kachin: koŋ² an elevation, a hill.

Lepcha: koŋ highest or preeminent

Kiranti: *[gh]ǝ̀ŋ

Comments: Tib. goŋ-ma superior is compared by Gong 47 with OCh. 皇 *wāŋ sovereign, magnificent (but cf. also 窮 *guŋ). Cf. Konyak *khu(ŋ) 'head'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Koŋ

Meaning: distress, despond

Chinese: 邛 *g_oŋ be distressed, distress.

Tibetan: ãgoŋ(s)-ba, (p. bkoŋ) to despond.

Lepcha: kjóŋ to be distressed, to be aflicted, difficult, unexplicable, to be bewildering

Comments: Coblin 64. Gong 47 compares the Tib. word with OCh. 惶 *w_āŋ fearful, agitated.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *koŋ ( ~ q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tusk

Burmese: khauŋ two front teeth of a horse.

Kachin: ko¹, koŋ¹ a tusk.

Kiranti: Kulung kaŋ tooth

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k[ŏ]r(H) (~g-)

Meaning: weigh

Chinese: 權 *gʷar weight of a steelyard, to weigh.

Tibetan: skar-ba (p. bskar, imp. skor) to hang up; to weigh.

Burmese: ? khanʔ to appoint, evaluate, compare.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*KōH]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thick

Chinese: 厚 *gōʔ thick

Comments: Cf. Naga Lhota ekhu, Pochuri akɨ-thɨ 'fat'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kōk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain

Chinese: 穀 *kōk grain.

Burmese: kauk a k. of rice.

Lushai: kok (Sh.), KC *kOk.

Comments: Sh. 46; Luce 80; Coblin 87. Cf. Konyak ǝw-keak, Sangtam Naga ake 'egg'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kōɫ (~ g-, q-, G-, -ū-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: boil

Chinese: 滾 *kūnʔ seethe, boil.

Tibetan: skol (p., f. bskol) to boil (tr.), ãkhol (p. khol) be boiled.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 涫 *kʷāns to bubble. Bod. 137; Coblin 49.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K[ō]m ( ~ Q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: quarrel, curse

Chinese: 鬨 *g_ōŋs, *g_rōŋs quarrel, fight.

Kachin: dǝgam³ to curse, to imprecate evil against.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kōŋ ( ~ Q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of bird

Chinese: 鴻 *gōŋ wild-goose (cf. also 孔 *khōŋ peacock).

Tibetan: goŋ ptarmigan, white grouse (cf. also khruŋ-khruŋ crane)

Kachin: khraŋ¹-ma¹ wild goose (?).

Lepcha: tă-góŋ, tŭŋ-góŋ fo n. of a bird

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kōr

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain, seed

Chinese: 禾 *g(h)ʷāj 'grain'

Comments: Cf. Bodo *goʔr 'seed'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krăj

Meaning: scatter

Burmese: krajh to scatter, spread abroad.

Lushai: ṭai to scatter, disperse.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Krăj

Meaning: slanting, lean

Chinese: 攲 *kh(r)aj, *k(r)aj slanting.

Tibetan: ã̃khra-ba to lean to, incline towards.

Kachin: ? (H) khje(ŋ), khje(ŋ) be aslant, to incline, but cf. khjeŋ², nkhjeŋ² id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kram (~ -ǝm)

Meaning: swamp, pond

Tibetan: gram swamp, marsh, fen.

Burmese: kramh fish-pond.

Comments: Cf. also Burm. hrwamʔ mud, mire, swamp.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krăŋ

Meaning: strong, effort

Chinese: 勍 *g_raŋ strong, powerful, 競 *graŋs strong, vigorously; to contest; busy, zealous (cf. also 梗 *krāŋʔ hard, stubborn (since Han); 兢 *k(r)ǝŋ, g(r)ǝŋ strong).

Tibetan: mkhraŋ, khraŋ hard, solid, compact.

Burmese: kjaŋʔ (OB kjaŋʔ) work, labour.

Kachin: (H) graŋ be mature; numraŋ work.

Lushai: ṭaŋ (ṭan) to put forth one's strength, to make an effort, KC *kraŋ (?).

Lepcha: kraŋ to be strong on legs, to be able to work; groŋ strong, powerful (voice)

Comments: Sh. 47; Coblin 91; Gong 73. Cf. *reŋ hard (the two roots are probably different, but could have influenced each other). Cf. also PAA *(kǝ)rɛ:ŋ 'strong'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kr[ă]t

Meaning: dry up

Chinese: 渴 *g_rat dried up.

Kachin: khjet² to dry up, evaporate.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Krā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Chinese: 遐 *g_rā far away.

Burmese: krah long (in time); kra be long in doing, long in time.

Comments: Luce 1; Gong 80.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krā ( ~ g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: house, palace

Chinese: 家 *krā house, household, family

Burmese: kraʔ-hŋanh palace, residence