Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhŏŋ (~-ŭ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pierce, sharp weapon

Chinese: � *thoŋ pierce.

Tibetan: mduŋ lance, spear, pike; sting of insects.

Comments: Ben. 118.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhō̆[l] ( ~ -ŭ-)

Meaning: push

Chinese: 推 *thū̆j push, push away.

Burmese: twanh to shove, push, impel.

Kachin: (H) don to reach forth.

Lepcha: tál to take away or off as pot off the fire; to dismiss (from presence), to discharge (from service), to send away

Comments: Luce 55. Cf. Kulung tǝlma 'push, shove'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhōŋ (~-ɨ̄-)

Meaning: a k. of creeping plant

Tibetan: doŋ-ga name of a tropical climbing plant.

Lushai: dōŋ the name of a jointed creeping plant.

Lepcha: kŭn-tóŋ a creeping plant

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhō̆t

Meaning: drink, suck

Chinese: 歠 *thot drink, 啜 *thot taste, eat.

Lushai: dūt drink (by sucking, as water from river), dōt drink by sucking, draw up by suction.

Comments: Cf. PAN *qudud 'suck, smoke', *sedut 'sip, suck'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dh(r)ɨm

Meaning: deep place, pond

Chinese: 沉 *dhrǝm to sink in, plunge in.

Burmese: thumh pond.

Lushai: dūm a pool in a stream.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ŭ

Meaning: curse, blame

Chinese: 祝 *tu(k)s to curse.

Kachin: (H) šǝdu to blame, to charge.

Lushai: dô be at enmity with, fight against.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhu (~-o, -ăw)

Meaning: love

Tibetan: gdu to love.

Kachin: mǝdu² valuable, expressive of love.

Lushai: duʔ want, wish.

Comments: Cf. STEDT 366-367 *du(k), adding forms from Idu, Kuki-Chin, Tamang and LB.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhŭl ( ~ -ɫ; -ɨ̆-, -ŏ-)

Meaning: defeat, conquer

Tibetan: ãdul (p. btul, thul, f. gtul) to tame, break in, to subdue, conquer.

Lushai: dol be defeated, conquer.

Comments: Cf. PAN *[t]al[u`] 'to conquer' (Peiros 1998, 223).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhuŋ (~-o-)

Meaning: long

Kachin: diŋduŋ¹ length in opposition to width.

Lushai: duŋ length (as opposed to width).

Lepcha: a-thŭŋ height, length

Kiranti: *ʔtaN (?)

Comments: Mikir diŋ long. Ben 19.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhŭr (~-ɨ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: blister, abscess

Tibetan: thor smallpox; blotch, abscess.

Lushai: durʔ to blister.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhū̆

Meaning: couple, counterpart

Chinese: 讎 *dhu counterpart, companion; enemy; 儔 *dhru equal, companion.

Tibetan: do two, a pair, a couple; ãdo-ba to respond, reply

Burmese: tu be like, similar, be the same, LB *tu; thuh to reply

Kachin: gǝdo³ be alike.

Lushai: dūn (dun) both, two.

Lepcha: do, do-lă equally, even as, alike, according to

Comments: Sh. 51.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhūr (~-ō-)

Meaning: vomit

Chinese: 涒 *thūr vomit [since Han].

Kachin: mǝdon¹ to vomit.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhVt

Meaning: bite

Chinese: 唑 *d_ats to bite.

Lushai: dīt (diʔ) bite or gnaw with the front teeth.

Comments: (Cf. Khasi dait 'bite')

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *di(ǝ)p ~ *dep

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: top

Burmese: thip top, apex.

Lushai: čhīp crown of the head; top, apex.

Kiranti: *thèm ?

Comments: Sh. 67.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *diǝ̄lH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bottom

Chinese: 底 *tǝ̄jʔ bottom, 柢 *tǝ̄jʔ root, base.

Tibetan: mthil bottom, floor

Kiranti: *dh[ä̀]lV

Comments: See Coblin 47. The Chinese form may be alternatively compared with Lush. tāi the lower part of abdomen, the waist (cf. also tai the lower extremity of the bowels, the rectum).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dɨaŋ

Meaning: household

Chinese: 堂 *dāŋ hall, apartment.

Burmese: thǝuŋh country, state, district.

Kachin: thoŋ² build, as a village, kǝthoŋ² a village, (H) niŋthoŋ a large village or district.

Lushai: čhūŋ family, household.

Lepcha: dóŋ, a-dóŋ a house or roosting-place for birds: fó-dóŋ; hik-dóŋ

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *dʔo:ŋ 'house', PAN *uduŋ 'field hut', *pa(n)duŋ 'floor, building'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dɨ[l]

Meaning: womb, pregnant

Chinese: 娠 *tǝrs pregnant.

Lushai: čhūl afterbirth, placenta; womb, uterus.

Lepcha: a-jeŋ-tjól placenta

Comments: STEDT 285-288 *(t)s[y/w][a/u]l ~ *(t)sul 'womb, placenta, umbilical cord', with obvious confusion of several roots (see *[c]ual 'genitalia', *chǝ̄j 'nest'). To *dɨ[l] one may add Mru thua 'womb', Lepcha (see above). ?Cf. PAN *itil 'clitoris', *teli, *tila 'female genitalia'; ? PAA *tu:l 'buttocks'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *djet

Meaning: fear, be afraid

Tibetan: źed to fear, be afraid.

Burmese: thit to be scared, afraid.

Lushai: čhiat to act in an unnatural manner producing an unexplicable fear.

Comments: For Tib. cf. alternatively Kulung reima (ret-) 'get scared'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *djiǝ̆k

Meaning: one

Chinese: 隻 *tek single, one.

Tibetan: gćig, ćhig one.

Burmese: tać one, LB *t(h)i(k)x.

Kachin: ? tai¹ be single.

Lepcha: tăk, ták what comes first, the first, the summit

Kiranti: *th[í]k (/ʔt-)

Comments: Rawang thi; Rai tik; Trung tĭʔ¹. Ben. 94.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *d(r)ǝ̆k

Meaning: top, ascend

Chinese: 陟 *trǝk ascend.

Tibetan: thog what is uppermost, roof, above.

Burmese: tak to climb up, LB *tak; thak top, LB *thak.

Kachin: thaʔ², lǝthaʔ² top.

Lushai: čhak the East; be higher up, KC *čhak.

Comments: BG: Dimasa sao, Garo sak; Rawang tha-kha; Thebor tek-. Sh. 54, 132; Ben. 123; Luce 66. Cf. Austric: PAA *dʔǝk 'ascend', PAN *bunduk 'elevated ground', *pa(n)tuk 'peak, top', *a(n)Dak 'ascend' (in Eurasiatic cf. PA *tēga).