Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *luăŋ

Meaning: quarrel, abuse; bet

Chinese: 訟 *lhoŋ litigate; quarrelsome.

Tibetan: brlaŋ abusive word, invective, abusive language.

Burmese: lauŋh to bet; lauŋ to make mischief; hlauŋ to mock

Kachin: loŋ² to stake, bet (possibly from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *luaŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wind

Tibetan: rluŋ breeze, wind.

Burmese: lwaŋʔ be blown in the wind.

Comments: Cf. also Ao Naga *luŋ 'cloud', Manipuri noŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *luaŋ (k-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: interior; valley

Chinese: 容 *loŋ hold, contain; interior, inside.

Tibetan: luŋ valley, kluŋ river, kluŋs cultivated land, field (cf. also lʒ́oŋs a large valley).

Burmese: lwaŋ unoccupied space beyond houses; khjauŋh (OB khloŋ) stream, brook; hlǝuŋ 'cave, niche'

Kachin: lǝgjoŋ a ravine.

Lushai: tloŋ (LS) the Delaswari river.

Comments: Cf. *kruaŋ 'river, valley': the two roots are sometimes hard do distinguish. Cf. PAA *loŋ / *luŋ 'valley, deep place'; *kluaŋ 'middle, inside'; SM *loŋ 'in, into', Tai *kla:ŋ 'middle', *glo:ŋ 'channel'; PAN PAN *baqeluŋ 'small shallow body of water'. [For "valley" cf. also PAA *lVŋ 'field, land'].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭH

Meaning: entice, take away

Chinese: 誘 *luʔ entice, seduce (cf. also 偷 *slō steal).

Tibetan: slu (p. bslus, f. bslu, i. (b)slu(s)) to entice, allure, ensnare, seduce.

Burmese: luʔ to rob, plunder, take away.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: head

Chinese: 首 *sluʔ head.

Lushai: lu the head.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭj

Meaning: leave

Chinese: 遺 *luj leave, reject.

Tibetan: lus be remaining or left, be forgotten.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lujH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: water, stream

Tibetan: lu pool containing a spring, ground full of springs.

Burmese: hlwajh outlet by the side of a reservoir of water; LB *luaj 'swim'

Kachin: lui¹ flow, as water, šǝgroi² water.

Lushai: lui a stream, a brook, KC *lui.

Comments: Sh. 408; Ben. 48. Cf. also Qiang rluǝ 'swim', Miju a.3 li.2 'water'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭm (~ ƛ-)

Meaning: a k. of shrub

Burmese: khjum bush, shrub.

Lushai: lum a sp. of shrub.

Lepcha: lŭm-njeŋ muk a shrub

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭp

Meaning: pit

Chinese: 隰 *lhǝp low, wet ground.

Tibetan: rlubs ditch, pit, pool, abyss.

Burmese: lup a cavity, the cavity of the mouth.

Lepcha: lap a well

Comments: Sh. 40.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭp (~ -ɨ̆-; k-)

Meaning: cover, add a layer

Chinese: 襲 *lhǝp to cover; additional robe over another.

Tibetan: klub (p. klubs) to cover (e.g. the body with ornaments).

Kachin: gǝlup³ to roof, cover; grup² cover (as with a blanket), wrap (as a child in a blanket).

Lepcha: láp to spread as carpet; tă-lap a sort of bamboo-vessel, small bowl or saucer, generally used as a cover for bowl

Comments: Bodo dźokhlop cover, shut, Dimasa phun-khlub wrap around. Ben. 139-140. The root may be of Austric origin: cf. PAA *Cǝlɨp 'cover', *lɛp 'patch, cover', PAN *lu(m)pi, *lupiq 'fold, hem' (or rather *kulub 'roof, ridge, cover').

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lut

Meaning: boil

Tibetan: lud to boil over.

Burmese: prut to boil.

Kachin: prut² to boil, to bubble (possibly from Burm.).

Comments: PG *ploC^L to boil (food). Ben 40; Luce 50.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[l]ut

Meaning: turn round

Chinese: 隧 *lhuts turn round, revolve.

Tibetan: lćud, gćud to turn, turn round, twist.

Lepcha: lót to return, to come back; retribution

Comments: Cf. also Bodo luddub, luti luti 'round'. Cf. PAN *balut 'roll, wrap'; *buled 'round'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lū̆ɫH (? *-rH; ~ -o-)

Meaning: shield

Chinese: 盾 *lūnʔ, *lunʔ (~-rʔ) shield.

Burmese: hlwah a shield, oblong and convex.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lūm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: womb

Tibetan: lhums (resp.) the womb.

Burmese: hnǝlumh the heart, soul.

Kachin: sǝlum¹ the heart.

Lushai: hlūm the name given to the womb when contracted immediately after childbirth; hlam placenta

Lepcha: lím, a-lím the spleen

Kiranti: *lum, *hi-lum

Comments: STEDT 280-283 *s-b-[l/r]um ~ *s-b-l(w)am 'womb, placenta' (adding also Tib. sbrum 'pregnant', some LB and Karen forms, as well as a quite improbable Chin. parallel). {Some confusion with *ƛɨăŋ 'heart'.}

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lūt

Meaning: to go, proceed

Chinese: 退 *slūt-s ( ~ ƛ-) to withdraw, retire

Lushai: lūt (luh) to go in, enter

Comments: Cf. also OC 述 *lut to proceed, pass; ? Tib. bźud, gźud 'to go, go away'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̆

Meaning: rest, remains

Chinese: 餘 *la remains, surplus.

Kachin: gǝle¹ the rest, remainder.

Comments: ? Here Sherpa alɛ, Gurung lxe 'many'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVj

Meaning: to lie

Burmese: *lajH

Comments: Cf. also Bodo lǝʔy 'lie', Mikir kli 'sleep'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV(k)

Meaning: be, exist

Tibetan: lags to be.

Burmese: phrać (OB phlać) to be, exist.

Kachin: pra¹ be, exist.

Comments: Luce 59.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVm

Meaning: fly, wing

Lepcha: lám to fly

Kiranti: *phlǝ̀m

Comments: Cf. also Naga *LVm 'fly'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̆m

Meaning: new, fresh

Chinese: 尋 *lhǝm renew, resume, continue.

Kachin: (H) šǝlum a novice.

Lushai: hlim freshly, newly (cf. also lām new, unused).

Kiranti: *lìm