Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷăr

Meaning: weak, tired

Tibetan: ãkhjor-ba, khjor-ba to reel, stagger; to walk as if weak, old or intoxicated; to be unsteady; kjor-kjor feeble, weak.

Comments: Coblin 151.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷăt (~ gʷ-, qʷ-, Gʷ-)

Meaning: move

Chinese: 蹶 *kʷrats move, excite.

Tibetan: sgjod, skjod (p., f. bskjod) to move, to agitate.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fox

Chinese: 狐 *g_ʷā fox.

Tibetan: wa fox.

Comments: Bunan gwa-nu, Chamba-Lahuli gua jackal. Simon 14, Sh. 137, Ben. 34, 166. Tib. w- is unclear (see Ben. 34).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(ʷ)ā (~ q-)

Meaning: orphan, solitary

Chinese: 孤 *kʷā ( ? *kā) fatherless, orphan; alone, solitary.

Kachin: lǝka² alone, unmarried.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷā(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leg, thigh

Chinese: 股 *k(ʷ)āʔ thigh.

Tibetan: ? hwa shin, shin-bone.

Burmese: khwa hoof.

Kachin: lago¹ a foot, leg.

Lepcha: ká hand (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷā(H) (~ gʷ-, qʷ-, Gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: net

Chinese: 罛 *kʷā net.

Tibetan: rgja net.

Burmese: khwaʔ a k. of net, let down from each side of a boat, to catch prawns.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāɫ

Meaning: servant

Chinese: 官 *kʷān official.

Tibetan: khol servant; ãkhol (p. bkol, i. khol) use as a servant.

Burmese: kjwan (OB kjwan) subject, servant, LB *klwan.

Lushai: kōl a Burmese.

Comments: Bod. 137; Luce 54; Coblin 131.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷān

Meaning: wear, put on

Chinese: 冠 *kʷān cap, *kʷāns put on a cap.

Tibetan: gon to put on (clothes); coat, clothing; gjon to put on; to wear; skon-pa to dress.

Kachin: khon² wear (as bracelets).

Lushai: KC: Mikir kan clothes.

Lepcha: kán (infantile l.) to dress

Kiranti: *go(n)

Comments: Garo gan wear, dress; Gurung kõ-; Murmi kwan. Sh. 125, 133; Ben 44.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷān

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dwelling

Chinese: 官 *kʷān official's residence, office.

Burmese: kwanh temporary building for royal abode, temple.

Kachin: kun² the side of a Kachin house, assigned for family compartments.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷān ( ~ Qʷ-)

Meaning: wide, width

Chinese: 寬 *khʷān vast, wide.

Tibetan: khjon size, extension, width.

Comments: Cf. *qʷāŋH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷār (~gʷ-)

Meaning: axe, chisel

Chinese: 戈 *kʷāj dagger-axe.

Burmese: khwan long-handled chisel.

Kachin: (H) ugon a chisel, n-gon a bamboo spade, used in digging a grave.

Comments: Trung wăr² axe.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāt ( ~ gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tie, splice

Chinese: 括 *kʷāt to tie, bind; bring together, 佸 *kʷāt, gʷāt join.

Kachin: (H) buŋkhot to splice.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāt (~ gʷ-; r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cut, divide

Chinese: 夬 *kʷrāts divide, make a breach.

Burmese: khut to strike with the edge of a knife, gash, chop, hew.

Kachin: khot² to cut, shape, (H) lǝkhot id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KʷĕrH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: enclosure, fence

Chinese: 圈 *g_ʷrenʔ enclosure for pigs (MCh. gʷén; the other reading, MCh. gʷǝ́n, is probably secondary).

Tibetan: skjor-ba enclosure, fence.

Kiranti: *khòr ( ~ x-)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷēm

Meaning: combine, together

Chinese: 兼 *kēm(s) combine.

Kachin: (H) kom to side with.

Lushai: kōm (kom) associate with.

Lepcha: kjóm 1 to be one upon another, to cover (as horse or any animal in copulation 2. to be united or act in concert (two)

Comments: Cf. *g(h)ʷV̄m.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷēn (~ *gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: glance at, regard

Chinese: 睊 *kʷēn glance at.

Lushai: khon regard, pay attention to.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷēŋ ( ~ gʷ-)

Meaning: bolt, bar

Chinese: 扃 *kʷēŋ bar (of gate or door); bolt.

Burmese: kjań latch, bolt.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷij ( ~ gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of edible root

Chinese: 葵 *gʷij an edible plant (probably sunflower, or Malva verticillata) (?)

Tibetan: skji a medical plant; potato.

Burmese: kjwijh wild yam; LB *khji root

Kiranti: *ʔkè

Comments: Nung gi yam, root; Kulung khe; Rodong -ki; Digaro gi. Sh. 152; Ben. 56. Cf. some Austroasiatic: Viet. khoai 'tubers', Mon *kǝwa:j 'yam' (probably < ST).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷĭt

Meaning: eclipse, darkening

Chinese: 僪 *g_ʷit vapours round the sun.

Burmese: kjać (also krat) to darken, grow dark, as the heavenly luminaries, be eclipsed.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷĭt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of demon

Chinese: 僪 *g_ʷit headless demon.

Burmese: kjat phantom, ghost, monster.

Kachin: (H) got be possessed and incited by nats.