Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷīn ( ~ gʷ-, Gʷ-, -ē-, -r, -ɫ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of insect

Chinese: 蠲 *kʷīn ( ~ -ēn) millipede.

Kachin: kǝkhun¹ the white ant.

Comments: Cf. also Chang kiŋ-kin 'worm'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷīr

Meaning: small valley

Chinese: 畎 *kwīn small watering channels in fields, valley.

Lushai: kor a small valley.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷīt (~gʷ-)

Meaning: crafty, deceive

Chinese: 譎 *kʷīt treacherous, crafty, deceive.

Kachin: (H) khet be astute, wily, crafty.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷɨ̆

Meaning: owl

Chinese: 舊 *g_ʷǝs owl [since Han].

Burmese: khu (Tavoyan) owl; Lisu (Enriquez) gu.

Kachin: u²-khu³ owl.

Lushai: KC *-ku / *-khu.

Comments: Lakher va-ku, Mikir iŋ-hu owl; BG: Dimasa -ku; Kanauri kug ~ kuk ; Rgyarung pra-khu owl. Sh. 427, Ben. 46, 185. Cf. Austric: PAA *kU, PAN *bukaw 'owl'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷɨ̆ (-t; ~ gʷ-, qʷ-, Gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: old, weak

Chinese: 舊 *gʷǝs old (not new), ancient.

Tibetan: rgud to decline, get weak (esp. with old age), rgod to grow weak.

Lepcha: gu old female of most animals

Comments: The Tib. form can be alternatively compared with OCh. 耇 *kōʔ old or 考 *khūʔ high age, old; cf. also Burm. kawh 'to be old (e. g. of a city)'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷɨ̆H

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nine

Chinese: 九 *kʷǝʔ nine.

Tibetan: dgu nine.

Burmese: kǝwh nine, LB *[k]ǝwx.

Kachin: ǯǝkhu² nine.

Lushai: pa-kua, kua (kaw) nine, KC *tV-kua.

Lepcha: ka-kjót nine

Kiranti: *ghú

Comments: PG *kù; BG: Dimasa su-gu, Garo ś-ku; Moshang tă-kru, Namsangia i-khu; Nung tǝgö; Kanauri zgŭi~gŭi. Simon 13, Sh. 46, 124, 429; Ben. 19. *gh- in PK is unclear.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷɨ̆H (~gʷ-)

Meaning: prop up

Chinese: 灸 *kʷǝʔ to prop up, raise against.

Burmese: khuʔ to prop up by a short prop.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷɨ̆ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bow; shoot, throw

Chinese: 弓 *kʷǝŋ bow.

Tibetan: skjuŋ-ba to throw, to cast.

Burmese: khwaŋh to strike at, aim a blow at, shoot (from a bow); to pierce, penetrate.

Kachin: kuŋ³ bent, crooked, kuŋ-li² bow, cross-bow.

Lepcha: kjăŋ, a-kjăŋ, tŭŋ-kjăŋ a corner, an angle; tŭŋ-kuŋ or tŭŋ-kuŋ tŭŋ-la a rainbow

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷ(r)ăk (~gʷ-)

Meaning: seize, get, collect

Chinese: 攫 *kʷak seize.

Tibetan: khug-pa find, get, earn, ãgog-pa (p. bkog, f. dgog, i. khog) to take away, snatch, tear away.

Burmese: kauk to pick up, pick out.

Comments: Luce 80; Coblin 130; Gong 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷ(r)ā ( ~ gʷ-)

Meaning: gourd, melon

Chinese: 瓜 *kʷrā muskmelon.

Tibetan: ku-ba gourd.

Burmese: sǝkhwa cucurbitaceae; cucumber (Luce).

Comments: Luce 8.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷrāH

Meaning: single

Chinese: 寡 *kʷrāʔ single, alone

Kachin: siŋ-kra a widower.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷrāt ( ~ gʷ-)

Meaning: scrape, polish

Chinese: 刮 *kʷrāt scrape; polish.

Tibetan: bgrad to scratch.

Kachin: khrut²- a whetstone.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷrĕɫH (~ -ia-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: roll, surround

Chinese: 卷 *kʷrenʔ to roll.

Tibetan: ãkhril to wind, coil round, sgril to wind or wrap round, gril a roll, ãgril-ba to be twisted.

Burmese: khrwij(-ram) to surround.

Kachin: khjen² be wound, as a bandage.

Lushai: ṭial the thread or worm of a screw, a screw.

Lepcha: kjŭl to flow round, to embrace, to hug, to encircle; kjăl to twist round and tie as hair; kil a screw

Comments: Cf. also Burm. krańh to turn out (screws), Jnp. ǝkjin¹ roll, as a turban (these two forms can go back to a separate root *krin). Simon 27; Sh. 75; Ben. 80. [Probably related to *k(h)ual q.v.].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷrǝ̆H ( ~ gʷ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of vessel

Chinese: 簋 *kʷrǝʔ a k. of ritual vessel.

Kachin: khra² a tripod.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷrij

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: child-in-law

Burmese: khrwijh-ma, khjwijh-ma daughter-in-law, son's wife.

Kachin: khri¹ paternal aunt's daughter, sister's children, son-in-law.

Comments: Ben. 56.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kʷ(r)ɨ

Meaning: cheek, cheekbone

Chinese: 馗 *g_ʷǝ, *g_ʷrǝ cheekbone, bones of the face, face.

Lepcha: tă-grju the cheek; the crop or craw of fowls

Comments: Bod. 167.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KʷVŋ

Meaning: leave, lay aside

Tibetan: skjuŋ-ba (bskjuŋs, bskjuŋ, skjuŋ(s)) to leave behind, lay aside.

Kachin: mǝkhoŋ² to keep, lay aside, (H) khoŋ id.

Lepcha: káŋ 1 to put out of place, also to do so with violence, to eject, to squirt out (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KʷVp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back, behind

Tibetan: rgjab the back of the body.

Burmese: kup the back part of the neck.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛa

Meaning: a k. of edible root

Tibetan: lća a sort of carrot.

Burmese: mun-la radish, turnip (Luce), cabbage.

Kachin: (H) khǝla a k. of yam.

Lepcha: kă-hlu rik-bí 1. a spec. of vegetable 2 spec. of khŭ bí

Comments: Cf. Tib. la-phug radish; Konyak *la 'root'. Luce 7.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛa

Meaning: debt, payment

Chinese: 賒 *ƛia trade on credit.

Tibetan: gla wages, rent, remuneration for work done, salary, wage.

Burmese: kjaʔ to bear a certain price.

Lushai: tla to pay (a debt), to finish paying (a debt).