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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KālH (?)
Meaning: importance; possibility
Tibetan: gal importance; to force, to press smth. on a person.
Burmese: LB *kaj good
Kachin: mǝka (H) ability, skills
Lepcha: khŭ 1.to be able, to be capable 2.to be well, to be in condition (?)
Comments: Chepang khaaŋ (?); Yogli akhul good. Bod. 138. Uncertain. Perhaps two roots: one with *-l (possibly = *k(h)ăɫ 'work' q.v.), another with *-j, actively interfering with each other.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*kām]
Meaning: having a specific taste (sweet ~ bitter)
Comments: PG *kam bitter.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kām
Meaning: desire
Tibetan: rkam to desire, to long; longing; skam to long for; longing (cf. also skom thirst, to thirst, skjem to be thirsty, skjems thirst).
Burmese: khamʔ be pleasant, attractive.
Kachin: kam1 be willing.
Comments: Cf. *gh(j)ăm 'satisfied' (the roots could have mutually influenced each other). Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kān ( ~ g-, q-)
Meaning: piece, part
Tibetan: khan piece, part.
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 216.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kān (~g-,-ɫ)
Meaning: knock, kick
Burmese: kan to kick.
Comments: Cf. *kāɫ pole, club. Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kānH / *kāt
Meaning: sulphur
Burmese: kanʔ sulphur.
Kachin: kan3 sulphur (probably from Burm.).
Lushai: kāt sulphur or brimstone.
Comments: Sh. 411.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ
Meaning: hard, tense
Kachin: kaŋ1 be stretched, tense, taut.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ ( ~ *g-)
Meaning: penis, male
Lepcha: suŋ-gaŋ penis
Comments: STEDT 341-342 *gaŋ 'penis, male' (also listing Mikir chò-kàŋ 'penis', Garo ri-gaŋ id., Manchati gàŋ-mì 'male').
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ (~g-)
Meaning: hill
Tibetan: sgaŋ hill, side of a larger moutain.
Burmese: khaŋ hilly ridge or spur.
Kachin: ǯiŋkhaŋ2 , nkhaŋ2 the top of a hill, a hill.
Comments: Simon 15; Mat. 167; Luce 70; Coblin 94. Cf. also Thakali kɛŋ 'mountain'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār
Meaning: dry
Burmese: kanh to dry up, khanh to be dried up, exhausted as liquid.
Kachin: ka2 be dried up (?).
Comments: Mat. 180; Luce 52. Loss of final consonant in Jnp. is not clear (Matissoff cites the form as kan2 , which is probably Jnp. kan2 coagulated, see *kān). Cf. also Gurung *khar, Kaike khar-pa, Rourou ka.44, Bugun gau 'dry'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār ( ~ g-, G-)
Meaning: stick
Tibetan: mkhar-ba 'staff, stick'
Lepcha: gar-nek 'penis'?
Comments: Cf. *kāɫ.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār ( ~ kh-, g-)
Meaning: white
Tibetan: gar , dkar, bkar white, whitish, grey.
Burmese: ? ćaŋ-kraj clean, pure (Luce).
Comments: ? PG *tar . Sh. 125; Luce 19; Peiros-Starostin 211.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kārH (~g-)
Meaning: division, separate
Tibetan: dgar to separate, confine, fold up (men, cattle, goods).
Burmese: kanʔ to intercept, thwart of a boat.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k[ā]t (~ q-)
Meaning: a k. of cloth, garment
Tibetan: khud coat-lap, or any cloth serving in an emergency as a vessel; pocket, pouch.
Kachin: kat2 be close-fitting, tight, as a garment.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Ke / *Kek]
Meaning: neck
Tibetan: ske
Comments: Rather dubious: besides Tibetan, attested only in Kanauri kak'ts, Chepang kǝc, Jiarong tǝ-mkɨ 'neck'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ke(j)
Meaning: bear, give birth
Tibetan: skje (p. skjes ) to be born, skjed (p. bskjed ) to generate, produce, skjed growth, increase etc., skjes man, male person.
Burmese: kjah man; LB: Akha cì to give birth.
Kachin: git3 be reborn.
Lepcha: gjek to bring forth, to give birth to; to be born, to be generated, to be created (life)
Comments: STEDT 153-154 *s-kye-k 'born, give birth' (adding also Bahing gi-gi, kik-, but not listing Lepcha or Jingpo; note that Thul. kǝks- is separately compared with Tangkhul khak 'breath, life' under *kak ~ *gak 'life, born' in STEDT 155-156 which is hardly plausible).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kej ( ~ -ǝ-)
Meaning: leopard, tiger
Burmese: khjij-sać leopard cat.
Kachin: khaŋ1 -khji2 leopard.
Lushai: kei, sa-kei tiger, leopard, KC *t-kei .
Comments: Miri si-ke . Sh. 22; Ben. 116; Mat. 177.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kem
Meaning: cold
Burmese: khjamh be cold, freeze.
Comments: Ben. 51; Mat. 177. Cf. also Konyak Wancho raŋ-kam 'cold'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ken (r-)
Meaning: time, occasion
Tibetan: rkjen cause, occasion, event.
Burmese: ǝkrin time; from time to time.
Comments: Luce 56.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ken (~ -i-)
Meaning: feel stiff, have cramps
Burmese: kjinh to gripe, have cramps.
Kachin: kjin2 feel stiff, aching, as when fever is coming on (possibly from Burm.).
Lepcha: kin kin dăk to have griping pains (in stomach)
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