Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̄m (~ ƛ-)

Meaning: greet, salute

Kachin: šǝkram¹ to salute, greet.

Lushai: lōm (lom) to welcome, receive, greet.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̄mH

Meaning: sweet, tasty, saltless

Chinese: 淡 *l_āmʔ insipid; *lhēm sweet

Kachin: phram¹ to taste (of spices), (H) kǝ̆phram id.

Lushai: thlum sweet, taste sweet.

Lepcha: kljam, khljam to be sweet, to be pleasant to the taste

Kiranti: *lèm

Comments: Manang lim. Ben. 75; Bod. 99.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̆n

Meaning: report, message

Tibetan: lon notice, tidings, message.

Lushai: thlen to report, take a case to.

Lepcha: lán to send a message, to send to inquire

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVŋ ( ~ ƛ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: coat, skirt

Burmese: khjaŋh skirt (for a man).

Kachin: loŋ²-, pǝloŋ¹ a coat.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVŋ (?)

Meaning: string; noose

Chinese: 繩 *lǝŋ string, cord ( < *liŋ?).

Lushai: hlīŋ (hlin) to noose, catch in a noose.

Comments: Cf. Nungish: Metu ambriŋ 'cord' (Ben.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVr

Meaning: a k. of cricket

Kachin: (H) čǝlen a large k. of cricket.

Lushai: thlor name of a green cricket.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̆t

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mucus, phlegm

Chinese: 泗 *slhits (~-js) drivel from the nose.

Tibetan: lud phlegm, mucus; manure, dung.

Kachin: sǝlat² sweat, perspiration, (H) kǝlet, gǝlet to run, as sweat.

Lepcha: lŭt, a-lŭt manure

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVw ( / -k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fall, descend

Tibetan: lugs to give way, fall down.

Kachin: (H) khru to descend.

Lushai: thlau (thlauʔ) to fall behind, to lag behind, thlauʔ to drop, let fall.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ma

Meaning: wound

Tibetan: rma wound.

Kachin: nma² wound.

Lushai: KC > Tiddim ma.

Lepcha: mó mark, sign; a cut, a wound, a hurt

Comments: PG *ma^L wound; BG: Garo mat, Dimasa bumai.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mă

Meaning: advise

Chinese: 譕 *m_a induce, advise.

Burmese: hma instruct, ask to do.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mă(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: not

Chinese: 無 *ma not have, not.

Tibetan: ma not.

Burmese: maʔ a verbal negative.

Kachin: maʔ³ be exhausted, ended, šǝmat² be lost; (H) ma nothing (cf. also mje be lost, gone).

Lushai: KC *maʔ ~ māk' (cf. Lush. ma (māk) to give up, to divorce (one's wife)).

Lepcha: ma 1 for mat used in negative; ma 2 i.q. mă part.neg.

Kiranti: *mV

Comments: Cf. also Tib. min ( < ma-gin) is not; Burm. majʔ have not; OCh. 勿 *mǝt don't, 未 *mǝts not yet, 亡 *maŋ have not. Moshang mu; Namsangia ma; Kanauri ma; Kham ma negative affix; PG *ma'^L be lost; BG: Bodo ga-ma disappear, ka-ma to lose, Dimasa gama, kama lose, disappear, perish, khama destroy, Garo mat be spent, gimat destroy; Kham ma^L become lost; Magari hma, hmat be lost. Ben. 101, Sh. 134, 430.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *măH

Meaning: a k. of bird (parrot, peacock)

Chinese: 鵡 *m_aʔ parrot.

Tibetan: rma-bja peacock.

Comments: Bodo mǝy-ra peacock.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *măH (-k)

Meaning: war, army

Chinese: 武 *m(r)aʔ martial, military.

Tibetan: dmag army, host, war.

Burmese: mak soldier, war, LB *makx martial.

Kachin: dǝmyaʔ² bandit.

Comments: Miri mi-māk be at war. Sh. 204; Luce 67.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *majH (~-ejH)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spot, birth-mark

Tibetan: rme spot, speck, mark, a natural mark on a cane; mole, mother-spot.

Burmese: hmaj birth-mark.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mal]

Meaning: squirrel

Kachin: (H) mai a squirrel.

Comments: Bodo man-dar squirrel.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *măm

Meaning: paddy; food

Kachin: mam¹ paddy.

Lushai: mam food, rice.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *măn

Meaning: empty, vacant

Kachin: man² be empty, vacant.

Lushai: hman have leisure, have time.

Comments: Kham miN-si lazy.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mar

Meaning: oil, lard

Tibetan: mar butter, oil.

Kachin: (H) sǝman leaf-lard.

Kiranti: *mer

Comments: PG *mar^L; Kham mas; Melam te-mar. Sh. 405. Cf. also Ao Naga *sǝ-mo, Tamang mar id. Cf. PAN *SimaR 'grease, oil, fat'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mărH ( / *mrăjH)

Meaning: busy, insistent

Chinese: 勉 *marʔ make an effort; vigorous.

Burmese: mrajh be insistent, obstinate.

Lushai: hman-hlel be busy.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mat]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle

Kachin: cǝmat³, mat²-tuŋ¹ a nettle.

Comments: BG: Garo gilmat, Dimasa germa; Rawang rǝmat. Ben. 110. Here perhaps Chepang mat 'leaf'.