Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tēŋ

Meaning: stick, peg

Chinese: 釘 *tēŋ nail, peg.

Lushai: tiaŋ a stick, a staff.

Lepcha: tiŋ a stick, a twig

Kiranti: *tiŋ thorn

Comments: See also *Ti(k).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tēŋ (~ d-)

Meaning: face, forehead

Chinese: 定 *tēŋs forehead.

Tibetan: gdaŋs (resp.), mdaŋs forehead, gdoŋ face, countenance.

Comments: Rgyarung mtoǝ (K) forehead. Sh. 122.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tēŋH (~d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: top

Chinese: 頂 *tēŋʔ top of the head.

Tibetan: steŋ that which is above, top.

Comments: Simon 15. Cf. *tjɨ̆ŋ(H).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆

Meaning: sign, target

Chinese: 志 *tǝs goal, target; will, purpose, spirit; 痣 *tǝs mole.

Tibetan: brda sign, gesture; mtha end, ending; aim, purpose; system; tha the last of several things.

Kachin: da¹ to cast lots, (H) šǝda to take aim.

Comments: Trung a³-tu², a³-du¹ to take aim. Cf. PAN *ta(n)Da' 'sign' (see Peiros 1998, 221).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: certain, sure

Chinese: 識 *tǝk know, *tǝks remember, record, 寔 *d_ǝk really, truly

Tibetan: thag be sure, decided, certain.

Burmese: (Ben.) tak-tak very.

Lushai: tak real, true, genuine.

Lepcha: thyak to know, to be aquainted with, to be conversant with, to be cognizant of, to understand

Kiranti: *thǝ́k / *thǝ́ŋ

Comments: Mikir ăthik just. Ben. 52. Initial *th- in PK is not clear.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆k

Meaning: weave

Chinese: 織 *tǝk weave, *tǝks stuff made of coloured silk.

Tibetan: ãthag (p. btags, f. btag, i. thog) to weave, thags texture, web.

Kachin: daʔ² weave.

Lushai: taʔ, KC *takʔ.

Kiranti: *ʔtǝk

Comments: Cf. also PK *thä̀k- part of loom; Mikir thak weave; BG: Dimasa dao, Garo dak; Kanauri taŋ-mig; Thebor tak-. Simon 9; Sh. 48, 132; Ben. 19; Peiros-Starostin 211. Cf. Austric: PAN *tik 'to plait (as a mat)', PAA *tVk 'tie, knot'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tǝ̆k

Meaning: clean, limpid

Chinese: 湜 *d_ǝk limpid, clear.

Tibetan: dag clean, pure.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[ǝ̆]ŋ

Meaning: steam, evaporation

Chinese: 烝 *tǝŋ to steam.

Lushai: teŋ (ten) to obtain salt by evaporation; to cook or boil till the water has all boiled away.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆ŋ (~ d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fir-tree, pine-tree

Chinese: 蒸 *tǝŋ small twigs as firewood.

Tibetan: thaŋ-śiŋ fir, thaŋ-ćhu resin, gum.

Burmese: thaŋh fuel, firewood, LB *thaŋx; thaŋh-ruh pine-tree.

Comments: Vayu thoŋ pine. Sh. 51; Ben. 69.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆p (/*tǝ̆m ?)

Meaning: fire-place

Chinese: 煁 *d_ǝm a small furnace (?)

Tibetan: thab fire-place, hearth, stove.

Kachin: dap³ ashes, a fireplace.

Lushai: tap a Lushai fireplace, a hearth, KC *tap.

Kiranti: *[d]äp

Comments: PG *tap stove; BG: Garo tśudap, Dimasa gap, Bodo gadap; Kham mu^Lthā fire pit. Sh. 48; Ben. 19, 73. ?Cf. PAN *dapuɣ 'hearth' (Peiros 1998, 223).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[ǝ̆]r

Meaning: precious

Chinese: 珍 *tǝr precious thing, precious.

Tibetan: gter treasure; a mineral vein, mine.

Burmese: tan be worth, be suitable, sufficient.

Kachin: dan¹ be worth (possibly from Burm.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̆w (~ d-)

Meaning: record, list

Chinese: 註 *tos, *tros to record.

Tibetan: tho register, list, index, calendar.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̄j

Meaning: butt

Chinese: 牴 *tǝ̄jʔ to butt each other (of oxen) (since Han).

Lushai: tai to push or butt with the horns or tusks.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̄k

Meaning: obtain, get, gather

Chinese: 得 *tǝ̄k obtain, get.

Tibetan: gtog (p. btog) pluck off, gather, tear out, ãthogs (p., i. ãthogs) to take, seize, take up, bdog to get or take possession of, gtogs to belong, appartain to; belonging.

Burmese: nǝuŋ-thak seize (by force).

Kiranti: *[t]ǝ̀k

Comments: Luce 66.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ǝ̄lH

Meaning: stop

Chinese: 底 *tǝ̄jʔ stop, obstruct.

Lushai: dāl to stop, prevent.

Lepcha: tel to be ended,to be finished,to terminate

Comments: Cf. PAA *dal 'block, cover'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ǝ̄p

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to attach, fix

Chinese: 搭 *tǝ̄p to attach, affix (MC).

Burmese: tap put in, fix in.

Lushai: dāp to line, cover.

Comments: Luce 36; Coblin 38. Cf. *[t]V̆p, *[t]ūp.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)a

Meaning: knife, axe

Tibetan: sta-re axe, hatchet.

Burmese: thah knife, sword, LB *thax.

Lushai: KC: Mikir ta-.

Comments: PG *tà axe. Sh. 58; Ben. 22.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thăH (/-k; ~ dh-)

Meaning: pound, grind

Chinese: 杵 *thaʔ pestle.

Tibetan: ãthag to grind.

Kiranti: *thák

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 211.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thaj

Meaning: repay

Tibetan: gta pawn, pledge.

Burmese: thij to repay,to compensate.

Kachin: (H) tai retaliate, take revenge.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thaj (~-ǝj)

Meaning: inside

Burmese: thajh inside.

Kachin: gǝta² inside.

Comments: Cf. also Bodo udǝʔj 'belly'. Cf. Austric: PAA *tVj 'inside', PAN *qatay 'liver, inside'.