Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ă / *k(j)ăŋ ( ~ g-,q-,G-)

Meaning: ginger

Chinese: 薑 *kaŋ ginger.

Tibetan: lga, sga ginger.

Burmese: khjaŋh ginger.

Kachin: khraŋ² the mustard plant.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kjăj

Meaning: pot, kettle

Chinese: 錡 *g_aj, *g_ajʔ cooking pot.

Tibetan: skja-ba kettle.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ăjH

Meaning: move, pull

Chinese: 掎 *kajʔ pull by one leg, pull aside.

Tibetan: skja-ba (p. bskjas, f. bskja) to change place.

Burmese: kajʔ to remove gradually, bit by bit.

Lushai: kai (kaiʔ) to pull or drag, kai (kai) go on or proceed.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kja(j)H

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thick (of fluids), congealed

Chinese: 脂 *kij fat (?)

Tibetan: ãkhja(s)-pa to freeze, congeal; ska thick (of fluids)).

Burmese: kjaʔ strong (of tea).

Kachin: lǝgji³ be frozen, be stiff, numb, (H) ge, gje to thicken, as juice; be congealed.

Comments: Burm. khajh congealed, frozen may belong here, too (although it has merged with the reflex of *ghǝ̆l q.v.). [Two roots should be distinguished].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kjam ( ~ Q-, -uam)

Meaning: walk about, wander

Tibetan: ãkhjam-pa run about, wander.

Kachin: khom¹ to walk, to travel.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)am ( ~ Q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: yard, territory

Tibetan: khams empire, realm, territory, domain, region, khjams yard.

Burmese: khamh suburbs, region.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kjar

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leave, abandon

Tibetan: ãgjer to drop or let fall, to throw down; to quit, abandon.

Burmese: kjan to stay, be left, khjan to leave.

Comments: BG: Garo gal, Dimasa gar; Rawang gar leave, quit, abandon. Ben. 19.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ār (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sing

Chinese: 歌 *kāj sing, song.

Tibetan: dgjer to sing, chant.

Burmese: LB *kah to sing.

Kachin: mǝkhon³ to sing, chant.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)eɫ (~ -a-)

Meaning: conduct, follow

Tibetan: skjel-ba (p., f. bskjel, i. skjol) to conduct, accompany.

Kachin: khan³ to follow.

Comments: Trung čǝl¹ to pull along on a rope.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ǝ̆-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: this, that, he, she

Chinese: 其 *kǝs this, that, *gǝ his, her, their, this.

Tibetan: kho, khoŋ he, she, it.

Burmese: khjaŋʔ his, her, khjaŋh he, she, it.

Lushai: kha-kha that

Kiranti: *ko(n) (/ʔk-)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjǝ̆ ( ~ g-)

Meaning: name of a game

Chinese: 棋 *gǝ chess, game.

Burmese: kjah chess, game.

Comments: A loan? Outside Sino-Tibetan cf. Khmer ska: 'k. of chess game', Viet. cá 'gamble'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ǝ̆j

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: small, little, few

Chinese: 幾 *kǝj small, *kǝjʔ few, several.

Tibetan: ãga some, few, several.

Kachin: ke³, kje³ be scarce, few, not plentiful; kji³ small, little.

Kiranti: *jak-ki

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjǝ̄̆w ( ~ g-, q-, G-)

Meaning: hook, curved

Chinese: 句 *kō hook, curved, 痀 *ko crooked spine, 軥 *go, *kō curved exterior part of a yoke.

Tibetan: kjo hook.

Kachin: (H) khau be bent, curved.

Lepcha: gí to slope, to be bent down, to be inclined (?)

Comments: Cf. *kĭw.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(jɨ)ăt ( ~ g-, q-, G-)

Meaning: accuse, quarrel

Chinese: 訐 *kat, *krat, *krats accuse, denounce.

Tibetan: gjod-kha loss; quarrel, law-suit.

Kachin: (H) khat to contend, strive; to dispute, debate.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjŏŋ(H) (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hold in hand

Chinese: 拱 *koŋʔ join the hands, present with both hands.

Tibetan: ãkhjoŋ-ba (p., i. khjoŋ) to bring.

Burmese: kǝuŋ hold in hand, use, employ.

Comments: Cf. also Sichuan *khVN 'give'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)u(a)m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: understand, be acquainted with

Tibetan: ãkhums to comprehend, understand.

Burmese: kjwam be acquainted with etc.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(j)ŭm

Meaning: body, whole

Chinese: 躬 *kuŋ body, person.

Burmese: kum be plenty.

Kachin: khum² body; be complete.

Lushai: kim complete, entire.

Lepcha: gjám, a-gjám entire, whole, complete, gjŭm id.

Comments: Cf. Tani: Shaiyang ta-kum-a 'all'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjuŋ ( ~ g-, q-, G-, -o-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: destitution, loss

Chinese: 窮 *guŋ destitution, poverty.

Tibetan: gjoŋ loss.

Comments: Simon 15.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *klaH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fall

Chinese: 下 *ghrāʔ to descend; down, below (? - with irregular -r-)

Burmese: kjaʔ to fall, become low, be thrown down, LB *klaʔ; khjaʔ to throw or cast down, put down, LB *khlaʔ.

Kachin: khrat² fall from an elevation, khran¹ to fell trees or cut down bamboo; cf. also (H) phra to drop, let fall.

Lushai: tla (tlāk) to fall (from a height), to set or go down, thla (thlāk) to lower, let down, throw down, to drop.

Lepcha: klo to fall

Comments: Mikir klo; PG *khlaC throw away; Kham khja. Ben. 39.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *klōk (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: valley

Chinese: 谷 *klōk, *lok valley.

Burmese: khjauk (OB khlok) valley.