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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(r)ēmH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cut, chop
Chinese: 斬 *ćrǝ̄mʔ ( ~ -ēmʔ) cut off, cut down.
Lushai: čem chopper used for wood-cutting.
Comments: Cf. PAA *cVm 'chop'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *C(r)ēŋ
Meaning: high, lofty
Chinese: 崢 *ʒ́_rēŋ high, precipitous.
Tibetan: gzeŋs height, loftiness, sublimity, gloriousness.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *c(r)iǝ̄ŋ / *c(r)iǝ̄k (~ʒh-)
Meaning: war, fight
Chinese: 爭 *ćrēŋ fight, quarrel.
Tibetan: ãʒiŋ to quarrel, contend, fight.
Burmese: ćać war, battle.
Comments: Simon 16; Coblin 122.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(r)ĭt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: scrape, itch
Chinese: 櫛 *ćrit to scrape.
Kachin: mǝčit2 rash, itch.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(r)ɨ̆k
Meaning: side; oblique, slanting
Chinese: 側 *ćrǝk side, 仄 *ćrǝk slanting, oblique.
Tibetan: gźog side of the body.
Burmese: ćauk be steep.
Lushai: čuk descend, steep (downwards), down.
Comments: Simon 10; Ben. 76.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *c(r)ŏ̆m
Meaning: high, top
Chinese: 崇 *ʒ́_ruŋ high; peaked; to pile high.
Tibetan: zom top, summit.
Kachin: čom2 be conical, peaked.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cu
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: burn, bake
Tibetan: ãchod (p. bcos, f. bco, i. chos, chod) to bake; to cook in boiling water.
Burmese: ćhu to boil (intr.), bubble.
Kachin: ǯu2 to burn, as wood.
Lushai: thu dry (as fish); be half burnt.
Kiranti: *cǝ́
Comments: BG: Garo so, Dimasa sau burn. Ben. 63; Mat. 165. Cf. also OCh. 燥 *sāwʔ dry; Lush. fu be dry, have had all the fluid extracted; Kar. *ʒu, Naga *cu, Mikir meke-cho 'burn'; Tani: Gallong mi-co, Tagin mǝ-cu (tayu) 'ashes'. Suffixed forms are present in Konyak (Wancho) van-suŋ, šun, Kanauri con 'burn'. [Cf. also AA: Khm. rǝmso:h 'to dry', Chrau sǝh 'dry', see Peiros 1998, 226]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *CU
Meaning: fish
Comments: The root is reflected in: Aka ci, Miji chui, Sichuan *ʒɨ, Jiarong ču jo 'fish'. [Cf. PAv.-And. *č:ʷanHV 'fish'?]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Cu]
Meaning: far
Kiranti: *chù
Comments: Also attested in Sulung *chi-, Angami Naga *ca, Jiarong kǝ-ćhǝ.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cu ( ~ ć-, ʒ́h-)
Meaning: depend, rely on
Burmese: ćuh to find supporters.
Kachin: ču3, mǝču2 to depend, rely upon.
Comments: Mat. 176. The Burm. form can be alternatively compared with Jnp. (H) ʒo, ǝʒo the subjects of a chief.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuak
Meaning: add, multiply
Tibetan: gzags to magnify, multiply (Sch.).
Burmese: ćwak to add, superadd in order to supply deficiency in quantity or quality.
Kachin: ǯoʔ2 to give, supply.
Comments: Cf. Tani *ʒak 'many'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuaɫ (~ć-)
Meaning: mischief, robbery
Kachin: (H) ǯon be planning mischief.
Lushai: thual to plunder, to rob.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[c]ual
Meaning: genitalia
Chinese: 朘 *cūj (~-r) genitalia of a baby.
Lushai: sual with one's private parts exposed.
Comments: See notes to *dɨ[l]. From STEDT 285-288 one may add Manchati šwal 'placenta, umbilical cord', Thakali sal id, perhaps also Limbu sai-be-ra 'placenta'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ć]uap
Meaning: bite, pick
Chinese: 噆 *ćǝ̄p bite; sting and suck (as a mosquito).
Burmese: ćhwap to peck, bite.
Kiranti: *ch[u]́p
Comments: An expressive root with not quite regular correspondences. Cf. also *ʒ́hV̄p.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[Ć]uap
Meaning: cage
Tibetan: śubs cage, covering, sheath.
Burmese: ćap a cage for a criminal.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuap ( ~ ć-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lung
Burmese: ćhut the lungs.
Lushai: čuap the lungs, KC *M-tśuap.
Kiranti: *cV(p)-ba 'heart'
Comments: Garo ka-sop; Newari swo. Ben. 56.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *C[u]āj
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: salt
Chinese: 鹺 *ʒ_āj salt, salty.
Tibetan: chwa salt.
Burmese: ćhah salt, LB *chax.
Comments: PG *ca-, Kanauri tsha. Sh. 504, 124; Ben. 49; Luce 3.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuāp ( ~ ć-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: ring, circle
Chinese: 匝 *cǝ̄p (~ć-) a round, a circle.
Burmese: ćwap to put on (over the head), wear (a ring).
Kachin: čop3 to wear (as a finger-ring) (possibly from Burm.).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cuj (?)
Meaning: dry
Burmese: LB *cui(ʔ)
Comments: Cf. also Nusu zui.31 and Sichuan *ʒ̣V 'dry'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuk
Meaning: stick into, plant
Tibetan: ãʒugs, zug (p. bcugs, zugs, f. gzugs, i. zug(s)) to prick, stick into, to set, to plant; to bore; ãchugs (p. chugs) to go into, to penetrate by boring.
Burmese: ćǝuk to insert, put upright, erect, set upright, as a post; LB *cuk.
Kachin: (?) (Mat.) čok3 to pierce.
Kiranti: *cúk
Comments: Sh. 54; Ben. 77-78. Cf. Austric: PAA *cak / *ʒɔk 'to string, insert', PAN *tisuk, *ra(ŋ)suk, *hacuk, *Cesek 'stab, insert'.
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