Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pāj(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: throw

Chinese: 簸 *pājʔ to winnow.

Burmese: paj to put away, decline, expel.

Kachin: gǝbai² to throw.

Lushai: paiʔ to throw away, fling away, strike out.

Comments: Sh. 63. In Chinese the root has partially merged with *bjārH q.v. Cf. Kulung phuima; Bodo pǝ to sow seeds.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pāk

Meaning: wide, long, ample

Chinese: 博 *pāk wide, ample.

Tibetan: ãphag (p. ãphags) to rise, be raised; to grow longer, bigger.

Burmese: paŋʔ to lift, raise.

Lushai: KC *pāk- (?).

Comments: Thankur pak be broad, Bodo bo to stretch, spread. Luce 74. Cf. PAN *labak, *labeqak, *laqebak 'wide, open'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pāk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skin, hide

Chinese: � *phāk hide soaked in rain, � *pāk leather strap.

Tibetan: pags, lpags skin, hide; the peel.

Kiranti: Yamphu sip-präk 'bark, shell'

Comments: Cf. Karen *b̄Vʔ.1L 'skin, bark'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pān (~ b-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tray, vessel

Chinese: 盤 *bān tray, dish; basin.

Tibetan: ban beer-jug, pitcher (also ben a large pitcher, jug, beer-pot).

Burmese: panh-kan deep basin; laŋ-panh metal tray (Luce).

Kachin: ban² a tray, waiter, salver.

Comments: Luce 53.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: strong

Chinese: 彭 *pāŋ very, much; *b_āŋ forceful, overbearing.

Tibetan: dbaŋ might, power, potency.

Burmese: praŋh very, much.

Kiranti: Kal. bhɔŋ-pɛ, bhu-pɛ 'good'

Comments: PG *PAŋ^L strong. Here perhaps also Ao Naga tɨpoŋ 'good'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pĕ (~ b-; -t)

Meaning: damaged, useless

Chinese: 敝 *bets be worn out, broken; throw out, conceal, 弊 *bets damage, harm, evil.

Tibetan: bre unfit, useless, worthless; sbed (pf. sbas, f. sba, i. sbos) to hide, conceal.

Kachin: (H) be, bje be useless.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pej

Meaning: carry, wear (smth. suspended, in a sheath)

Chinese: 鞞 *pe, *peʔ, *pēŋʔ sheath.

Kachin: nphje⁴ to carry, as a bag or a sword suspended from the shoulder in native fashion; phai¹ carry on the shoulder.

Lushai: pai to wear or gird on (as sword); pai a sheath, scabbard.

Comments: ? Cf. Bodo ban carry on the shoulder.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pep

Meaning: to cover; bury

Chinese: 蔽 *pets ( < *pep-s) cover, be umbrageous

Tibetan: bjib (p. bjibs) to cover, wrap up; to hide.

Comments: Mikir pip bury; BG: Dimasa bib ~ bub hide, phip ~ phup bury, Bodo phop ~ fop bury. Ben. 80. [For Ch. cf. also Tib. sba-ba, sbed-pa 'to hide, conceal', sbas-pa 'hidden'.]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p[ē]n

Meaning: all together

Chinese: � *pēns all together, everywhere, comprehensive.

Tibetan: bjin all, the whole, general.

Kachin: (H) phjin to go round, encircle.

Comments: Jnp. phjin can also be compared with Tib. ãphjil wind, twist (see under *qhʷiɫ). Cf. PAN *baban 'group, collection'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pērH

Meaning: flat

Chinese: 扁 *pēnʔ flat and thin, 楄 *b_ē̆n board under body in coffin.

Burmese: pjań plank, flat surface (OB pjan).

Kachin: phjen² be spread out and thus flat, (H) bjen be flat and wide.

Lushai: pēr (perʔ) flat and thin, KC *Pēr.

Comments: Kham pǝlē flat (as a board); Dimasa gepher flat. Sh. 49; Ben. 73; Luce 63.

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