Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mu(-n)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to be, give birth

Burmese: mǝwh give birth

Lushai: mut 'lie', KC *mu

Kiranti: *mùn to be, to stay, to do

Comments: STEDT 141.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mut

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: beard

Burmese: mut-chit beard.

Lepcha: măt, a-măt hair

Comments: Miri a-muit.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mŭt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: blow

Burmese: hmut to blow, LB *(s)mut.

Kachin: (Ben) mut to blow.

Lushai: KC *hmut.

Lepcha: măt, mŭt to blow, to breathe at, sŭŋ-mut wind

Kiranti: *mùt

Comments: Miri mut; Kham mwī̀^L to blow on; Rgyarung -mut; Magari mhuṭ-; Bahing hmut ~ mut. Sh. 43, 71, 132, 407; Ben. 75.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūH

Meaning: see, look

Chinese: 冒 *mūʔs look down on, see; be covetous

Kachin: mu² to see, behold.

Lushai: hmu to see, find.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fog

Chinese: 霂 *m_ōk drizzle.

Tibetan: rmugs, smug a dense fog.

Kachin: muʔ¹ cloudy.

Lepcha: muk foggy, misty, overclouded

Kiranti: *mV(k)-

Comments: Sh. 38; Ben. 77. Cf. Tani *muk cloud.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūm

Meaning: bud

Burmese: (Ben.) mum begin to form, as a bud, ǝmum incipient bud.

Kachin: (Ben.) muum, mǝum to bud.

Lushai: mūm to close, or be closed (as a flower).

Comments: Kham mom to germinate, bud. Sh. 38; Ben. 78. The form may be derived from *ʔum bulge q. v.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūn ( ~ -ɨ̄-)

Meaning: dark, dull

Chinese: 惛 *smǝ̄n stupid, darkened in mind, 殙 *m_ǝ̄n, *smǝn blinded, confused, 昏 *smǝ̄n dusk, darkness; benighted, blinded.

Tibetan: rmun dull, heavy, stupid, mun obscure, dark.

Burmese: hmun weak eyesight, mwanh to faint.

Lepcha: mŭṇ-mŭṇ brown

Comments: Kham mǝn^L become drunk. Luce 57, Coblin 60-61.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūr

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mouth, jaw

Tibetan: mur-goŋ the temples, mur-ãgram jaw, jaw-bone, mur-tho ulcer in the mouth, rmur to gnaw and bite each other, mur-ba to gnaw, masticate, mur gills.

Lushai: hmūr point, tip, end, KC *hmūr (Thado mu beak, Khoibu mur).

Comments: Rawang mr face; mouthful; Newari hmu-tu. Sh. 161; Ben. 78. Not quite clear is the relationship of OCh. 吻 *m_ǝnʔ corner of lips, shut the lips; Lush. hmūi the lips; upper lip.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūt (~-ɨ̄-)

Meaning: dye

Chinese: 韎 *mǝ̄ts madder-dyed (e. g. leather).

Burmese: hmut to paint, dye.

Comments: Cf. PAN *gamat 'dying plant, dye'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūt (~-ɨ̄-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dark

Chinese: 昒 *smǝ̄t dark.

Kachin: mut² be grey.

Lepcha: kŭr-mót freckles of face, sentigo, also ephelis or any similar slight alteration of pigment

Comments: Cf. Chepang [hmeʔ-]mut 'ashes'; LB Zhaiwa mu_t.55 mau.55 'cloud', Rawang rǝmit, Dulong rɨ-mɨt id.; Bodo *rǝ-mǝt 'yellow'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mV]

Meaning: plough

Tibetan: rmo to plough, to sow and plough.

Comments: Thebor myo; Bunan myo. Sh. 141.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: demonstrative pronoun

Chinese: 某 *mǝ̄ʔ someone, somebody

Kiranti: *m[è] that

Comments: Cf. also Bai mɨ3, Cuona mo.35, Manipuri ma-du.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mV]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: interrogative pronoun

Kiranti: *má-

Comments: The root is also attested in Karen *mV 'what', Serdukpen mu id., Bodo *maʔ id., Ao Naga *mV id., Sichuan *mV id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mVj

Meaning: belly, heart

Burmese: Naxi *me

Comments: Besides Naxi the root is attested in Tujia mɨe.4 ko.4, Naga Maram amoi 'belly'; Manipuri thammoi, Dulong rɨ.31 mɔʔ.55, Sichuan *mV 'heart'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mVn

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of insect

Chinese: 蚊 *mhǝn mosquito.

Lepcha: tŭk-men, tŭŋ-men the white ant when they have obtained their wings, the flying white ant, spec. Termes

Kiranti: *mùn-ti

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mVn

Meaning: know, hear

Chinese: 聞 *mǝn hear, smell, perceive

Kiranti: *min think

Comments: Cf. Chang (Konyak) min- 'know', Pumi *mVN 'know, hear', Tani *mVn 'say'. Cf. Austric: PAA *mɨŋ 'hear', PAN *maŋmaŋ 'stare, look' (or *quman 'repeat').

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mVŋ]

Meaning: body

Comments: Mikir miŋ 'heart'; Dhimal himuŋ, Konyak: Phom vom-moŋ, Chang ši-muŋ 'belly'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*mVŋ]

Meaning: ghost, demon

Lepcha: muŋ, muŋ-ma an evil spirit, a demon; the evil principle, the devil; toŋ-muŋ n. of evil spirit, represented as an old man

Comments: PG *màŋ^L ghost. Sh. 126.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mVrH

Meaning: evening

Chinese: 晚 *marʔ evening; late

Burmese: LB *mjVx night

Comments: Cf. also Jiarong tǝ-mor night.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mV̄t

Meaning: eat, swallow

Chinese: 秣 *mhāt feed grain to horses

Tibetan: mid to swallow, mid-pa, mjad-pa 'throat'

Burmese: ? mwat-sip 'to be thirsty'

Comments: Cf. Jiarong kɔ-mot 'drink'.