Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tu (~-iw)

Meaning: hammer

Tibetan: tho, mtho a large hammer.

Burmese: tu hammer.

Kachin: sumdu¹ hammer, mallet.

Lushai: tu-bôʔ, KC *tu hammer.

Comments: BG: Dimasa dao-, Garo tu-re; Kanauri sdo mallet, gon-to large hammer, tho-ro small hammer; Rawang du-ma; Trung tǝ³-wa¹ hammer. Sh. 48, 132, 407; Ben. 69. Cf. *dūH beat, pound.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tuak ( ~ d-)

Meaning: consider, inspect

Chinese: � *tūk inspect, control.

Tibetan: rtog (p. brtags, f. brtog, i. rtog(s) ) to consider, examine, search into.

Burmese: twak to count, calculate, reckon; tauk, thauk to learn, get to know

Lepcha: kŭr-thak a minister of state, a prime-minister (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tuj

Meaning: tasty, having good or bad taste

Tibetan: ãʒ́i-ba nasty (of fish smell etc.).

Kachin: dui² sweet.

Lushai: tui nice (to taste or smell), KC *tui.

Comments: BG: Dimasa (gi)-di, Garo tśi; Namsangia -tu, Banpara ti; Midzhu ti-m; Miri ti. Sh. 48, 180, 194, 427, 442; Ben. 45.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[u]j

Meaning: egg

Kachin: di² egg, testicle.

Lushai: tui egg, KC *Dui.

Lepcha: tí, a-tí an egg

Kiranti: *ʔtì

Comments: BG: Dimasa di egg, (li-dao)-di testicle, Bodo doi, Garo bi-tśi; Namsangia -ti, Moshang -di, Dhimal tui; Pwo, Sgaw di. Sh 48, 409, 442, 443, Ben. 45, 135; STEDT 101-106 *di. The word for 'testicle' in Jnp. and Dim. may reflect a merger with *t[i]l q.v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tujH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: water

Chinese: 水 *tujʔ water.

Burmese: LB: Achang ti water.

Kachin: mǝdi¹ be wet.

Lushai: tui, KC *Dui water.

Lepcha: dă a pond, a lake, stagnant water

Kiranti: *dhì

Comments: BG: Dimasa di water, Bodo bidǝ́y, Garo tśi, Banpara ti; Rawang thi; Kanauri ti; Vayu ti; Magari di; Pwo, Sgaw thi. Sh. 48, 442; Ben. 45, 134. Initial *dh- in PK is not quite clear. STEDT 372-376: *m-t(w)i ~ *m-twǝy 'water, fluid', *ti(y) 'water' (two protoforms are proposed without comment, but it seems much more probable that we deal with a single root here).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Tuk]

Meaning: belly, chest

Kiranti: *dúk-ha

Comments: Kanauri stug chest; Magari tuk, Chepang tuk' belly, Miju dăk; Tamang kut-to, Naga Zeme mi-tuŋ, Khoirao a-tu 'breast'. Sh. 144. Cf. Austric: PAA *duk / *tuk 'stomach, spleen', PAN *bituka 'stomach, large intestine'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[ŭ]k (~dh-)

Meaning: a kind of house

Chinese: 塾 *d_uk gate-room.

Burmese: tǝuk house, house made of stone.

Kachin: sǝdek² a depository.

Comments: Cf. PAA *Tuk 'place, hut', Thai tɨk 'stone house'; Burush. tark 'shed, stall' (or Hunza toko bal 'wall at the room entrance'].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŭm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bell, musical instrument

Chinese: 鐘 *toŋ bell.

Kachin: dum² play a musical instrument.

Lushai: tum to play (a musical instrument), KC *tum.

Comments: Dimasa dām; Miri -dum play music. Sh. 48, 194. MCh. ćöuŋ > Tib. ćoŋ a musical instrument, a bell.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tum (~ dh-)

Meaning: bind, knot

Tibetan: sdom (p. bsdams, bsdoms, f. bsdam, bsdom, i. sdom(s)) to bind.

Burmese: thumh to knot.

Kachin: (H) gindum to knot, a knot, (Mat.) gindum¹, kindum¹.

Lepcha: tjum, a-tjum a cluster, a bunch

Comments: Mat. 178.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tun

Meaning: forepart

Tibetan: mdun before, front

Lepcha: a-thun foreskin

Comments: STEDT 347-348 *m-[t/d]un 'forepart, foreskin'. Note that there are some nasalless forms, all meaning 'tooth (incisor)' (Kom Rem kǝtu hǝ, Bunan du-suà, Qiang šǝ-zdu). We should also probably relate here Konyak *tun 'mouth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŭŋ ( / *trŭŋ)

Meaning: wish, like

Chinese: 忠 *truŋ loyal.

Tibetan: gduŋ to desire, to long for; gźuŋ-pa to attend to, sincere, heedful.

Burmese: tauŋ to burn with lust (vulg.).

Kachin: (H) doŋ to like, favour (cf. also ndoŋ¹ to hate).

Comments: Coblin 107; Mat. 164. An alternative comparison for the Tib. form see under *ćūm 'honour'. Cf. Austric: PAN *qutaŋ 'debt', PAA *tVŋ 'want, desire'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tUŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: insect

Chinese: 螽 *tuŋ locust or grasshopper

Tibetan: doŋ-ze wasp (cf. also duŋ 'seashell or snake')

Kachin: (H) duŋ, tuŋ a worm.

Lushai: KC *taŋ worm

Comments: Cf. Namsangia doŋ mosquito. The root should be distinguished from *ƛŭŋ q.v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ŭŋ (r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mound, hill

Chinese: 冢 *troŋʔ mound, peak.

Tibetan: rduŋ a small mound, hillock.

Burmese: tauŋ hill, mountain.

Kachin: nduŋ² top, summit.

Lushai: duŋ the top of a range of hills.

Comments: Namsangia ha-tśoŋ. Sh. 437. Cf. also: Burm. tauŋ South, OCh. 東 *tōŋ East, Jnp. gintoŋ¹ the morning or evening star.

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