Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rej (-t)

Meaning: frightened, afraid

Tibetan: bred be frightened, afraid.

Kachin: khrit² fear.

Lushai: ṭi (ṭit) be timid, nervous, ṭiʔ to fear, be afraid of, KC *kri.

Comments: Cf. also KC *p-rei (Mikir phere; Angami prǝi); Miri pet-sɔ; Rawang phǝrɛ, Trung pǝ³-rĕʔ¹; Digaro re, Hrusso rie; Bodo gi; Moshang a-hi. Sh. 195, 434; Ben. 99, 112.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rej (~-ǝj)

Meaning: axe, hatchet

Tibetan: sta-re axe.

Lushai: hrei an axe, a hatchet.

Comments: Trung či³-rǝ¹ sword. Sh. 62.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rejH

Meaning: old

Tibetan: res old.

Burmese: hrijh former time.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rek

Meaning: end, finish

Kachin: kreʔ³ be finished, brought to a close.

Lushai: reʔ to stop, to cease, to end.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rek

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pheasant

Tibetan: sreg-pa pheasant, partridge.

Burmese: rać pheasant, LB *[r]yk(x).

Kachin: u²-riʔ² pheasant, u²-khriʔ² a sp. of pheasant.

Lushai: va-hrit black pheasant, KC *t-hr²ik.

Lepcha: kă-hryak-fo Gallophasis melanota; tă-ryok fo the blue-horned pheasant, Ceriornis satyra

Comments: Garo grik pheasant. Sh. 22, 407; Ben. 84-85.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rek

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cut

Tibetan: ãdreg, ãbreg (p. breg(s), i. brog(s)) to cut off; to mow; to shave with the scissors.

Lushai: rek (reʔ) cut a notch.

Comments: Cf. also Dhimal reʔ-, Tani *rek 'bite'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *reɫ

Meaning: avoid, stay away from

Tibetan: khrel shame, aversion.

Burmese: krań to shun, avoid.

Lushai: rial to give up coming to or going to (for a time), to stay away from.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rel (~-ɫ)

Meaning: explain, inform

Tibetan: ã̃grel (p. bkral) to explain, comment, illustrate.

Lushai: hril (hrilʔ) to tell forth; to warn; to inform.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rem

Meaning: construct, fit together

Kachin: (H) gram to repair, as a house.

Lushai: rem to build or construct (as a stone house), to put or fit together (as box).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rem

Meaning: together, in unison

Kachin: (H) grim, krim to act in unison.

Lushai: rem be convenient, fit; to sing in parts, sing in harmony.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rem

Meaning: sharp

Chinese: 磏 *rem sharp, keen, 鐮 *rem sickle.

Kachin: (H) šǝgrim an edge.

Lushai: hriam sharp, keen-edged; a weapon, arms; KC *hriam.

Comments: Thado ăhem sharp. Ben. 53. Cf. PAA *rǝm 'edge, rim'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ren

Meaning: suffer, endure

Tibetan: sran (p. bsran, i. sron) to suffer, bear, endure.

Burmese: krańh to suffer.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *reŋ

Meaning: hard

Chinese: (?) 硬 *ŋrāŋs hard, solid [since Sui].

Tibetan: reŋ be stiff, hard, rigid.

Burmese: raŋʔ mature, firm.

Kachin: greŋ² be hard, tough, durable.

Comments: Trung greŋ¹ hard. Sh.47; Luce 75. Cf. *krăŋ. Cf. PAA *raŋ / *rɔŋ / *rɨŋ 'hard'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rĕŋH ( ~ -iǝ̆-)

Meaning: neck

Chinese: 領 *rheŋʔ neck; collar.

Lushai: riŋ neck.

Comments: ? PG *kh[à]rV neck; Kham khàrim.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rē

Meaning: punish

Kachin: ǝri³ punishment.

Lushai: hrē give trouble to; punish.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēH

Meaning: single, one of a pair

Chinese: 儷 *r_ēs a pair; one of a pair, mate, companion.

Tibetan: re single, a single one.

Burmese: hriʔ be identical, equal.

Kachin: (H) kri alone, all by itself.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 嫠 *rǝ widow, 孷 *rǝ twins; Jnp. khrai¹ be alone, ǯǝkhrai¹ an orphan.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēk

Meaning: grip, pluck

Kachin: gǝreʔ³ to tear, pluck.

Lushai: rēk (reʔ) to seize or grip tightly.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēɫ

Meaning: breed, train, bring up

Chinese: 練 *rēns to train; improve by training; 產 *shrēnʔ to breed, bear, produce.

Tibetan: srel (p., f. bsrel) to bring up, to rear, to nurse up, to train.

Comments: Coblin 40.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēɫ

Meaning: wish, purpose

Tibetan: ãkhren-pa to wish, long for.

Burmese: rań to aim at, have reference to.

Lushai: rēl to purpose, to plan, to arrange.

Comments: IP

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēm (~-ī-)

Meaning: tend, court

Kachin: rem³ to tend, herd, feed.

Lushai: rīm to court, pay court to.