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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χāk
Meaning: phlegm
Burmese: hak phlegm.
Lushai: hāk catch one's breath; swallow the wrong way, cf. also khak to try to eject forcibly from the throat, (Ben.) khāk phlegm.
Comments: Sgaw kǝhaʔ phlegm; Mikir tśiŋ khak expectorate, cough up; phlegm. Ben. 71, 133.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χāɫ
Meaning: snore, snort
Tibetan: hal-ba to pant, wheeze, snort.
Comments: Coblin 135-136; Gong 64.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χānH ( ~ -ɫH)
Meaning: net
Kachin: (H) khan to fish with a casting net.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χǝ̆p
Meaning: join, bring together
Burmese: hap to join, unite.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χiǝl
Meaning: dry
Lushai: hil nearly dry.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χĭw(s)
Meaning: water, moisture
Tibetan: hus moisture, humidity; khu-ba fluid, liquid.
Kachin: khoʔ2 to spill.
Lushai: huʔ wet.
Comments: Chepang hus dew. Sh. 41; Ben. 2, 17. STEDT 380 *ku 'water, body fluid'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[χ]lāH
Meaning: tiger
Burmese: kjah (OB kla ) tiger.
Lepcha: kă-hla a panther
Comments: Possibly borrowed from some Austroasiatic source, cf. PAA *kla 'tiger' (see Peiros 1998, 227).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χrap
Meaning: scrape, graze
Burmese: hrap to touch lightly, graze; scuffle.
Kachin: (H) ǝkhrap to scrape, as a road, with a hoe.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χrup ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: inhale, sip
Burmese: hrup to inhale, sniff.
Kachin: mǝrop2 to sniff.
Lepcha: hŭp a sip, gulp, háp to suck
Comments: Dimasa surup sip, lap, smoke. Ben. 81.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χŭ
Meaning: smoke, vapour
Tibetan: (W) hu breath.
Lushai: hu vapour, gas, steam.
Comments: ? Trung ǝ1 . Ben. 17. If the original meaning was 'breath', cf. perhaps also OC 休 *xu 'to rest' ( < 'breathe'?). Cf. Austric: PAA *huj 'smoke', PAN *bahu(-an) 'odor, stench'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χuak ( ~ *χʷak, χʷǝk)
Meaning: concave
Burmese: hauk, hǝuk be concave.
Kachin: khoʔ3 be concave (if not < Burm. khwak , see *guăk).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[χʷ]ār(H)
Meaning: joy
Burmese: kwanʔ to enjoy one's self.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χʷelH
Meaning: burn
Lushai: hāl burn
Comments: Here Rawang whǝR, perhaps Karen Pao kho.55 'burn'. Cf. PAA *ʔu:lh 'fire' (?)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χʷV
Meaning: to speak
Burmese: hu (arch.) 'to speak, talk'
Kachin: hɔ 'to preach'
Comments: Not quite reliable phonologically (one should rather expect *xʷ- in Chinese).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒaj
Meaning: clay, sand
Tibetan: rʒa 'clay'
Kachin: zai2 -bru2 sand.
Lepcha: ǯí sand
Comments: The root is to be distinguished from *srāj q.v. Cf. also Naga *kǝ-ʒV, Magar ʒha, Rourou źo.33, Sichuan *Ca 'earth'. Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́aj(H)
Meaning: smile, tease
Kachin: sai 1 to smile.
Lushai: čhaiʔ to tease; play with.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́al
Meaning: question, consult
Burmese: ćhijh to ask.
Kachin: san3 to ask, question, inquire.
Lushai: čhāl to question.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́aw (~-iw)
Meaning: vulva
Burmese: ćaw (vulg.) female genitalia.
Lushai: čhu the vulva.
Comments: STEDT 250-254 (confused with *thŭH q.v.), adding many Kuki-Chin and Naga forms and Palaychi zu 'vagina'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́ā
Meaning: go, advance
Tibetan: ćha to go.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒāj(H)
Meaning: white, brilliant
Tibetan: gzi shine, brightness.
Burmese: sa to shine (of moon, sun).
Kachin: (H) ǯan ze to shine, as the sun (ǯan ).
Kiranti: Kulung cha-ma blaze
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