Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qʷɨ̄n (~-ɫ)

Meaning: a k. of demon

Chinese: 魂 *w_ǝ̄n spiritual soul.

Kachin: gumgun¹ a guardian nat, (H) gun id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qʷɨ̄nH

Meaning: damage

Chinese: 損 *swǝ̄nʔ damage; diminish; 慁 *w_ǝ̄n(ʔ)-s be troubled.

Tibetan: gun (also gud) loss, damage.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 216.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qʷra

Meaning: edible fruit

Chinese: 芋 *w_(r)as taro.

Tibetan: gro-ma potato.

Comments: Gong 81.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷ(r)ăH

Meaning: wing, feather

Chinese: 羽 *w_(r)aʔ feather, wing.

Tibetan: sgro a large feather.

Kachin: siŋko¹ wings.

Comments: Coblin 78; Gong 47. With suffixed *-ŋ cf.: Karen *kwVN 'fly', Mikir arveŋ 'feather', Hmar vuoŋ 'fly'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷrāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn

Chinese: 觥 *kʷrāŋ drinking horn, a k. of ritual vessel.

Kachin: nruŋ¹ a horn.

Lepcha: aróŋ

Kiranti: *(g)räŋ

Comments: Tsangla wa-roŋ (wa cow); BG: Garo groŋ, Dimasa groŋ; Moshang a-ruŋ, Namsangia roŋ; Rawang a-riŋ; Vayu, Bahing ruŋ. Sh. 406, 433; Ben. 31-32. One should note Austric: PAA *Cǝrɨeŋ, SM *dereŋ 'horn', PAN *Cuqelaŋ 'bone'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Qʷ(r)ɨ̆t (~ -ǝ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stomach

Chinese: 胃 *wǝts stomach.

Tibetan: grod belly; stomach.

Comments: Simon 18; Coblin 141; Gong 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ra

Meaning: goat

Tibetan: ra-ma goat, she-goat.

Lepcha: să-ro

Kiranti: *gró(k)

Comments: PG *ra; Kham rǟ^L. Sh. 123; Bod. 153.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ra

Meaning: a k. of monkey

Tibetan: spra monkey.

Kachin: (H) šǝra a variety of gibbon.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *raH

Meaning: get, obtain

Burmese: raʔ, LB *[r]aʔ get, obtain.

Comments: Garo raʔ- (cf. also Rabha rá-khu-a, Dimasa ri 'give').

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of bone

Chinese: 呂 *rhaʔ spine.

Tibetan: gra-ma bones or skeleton of a fish

Kachin: nra¹ a bone.

Comments: Coblin 138.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH

Meaning: class, order

Chinese: 旅 *raʔ arrange in a series; one after another.

Tibetan: gras class, order, rank. dignity, tribe.

Kachin: ra² be continuous.

Comments: Bod. 132.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răH (s-)

Meaning: place

Chinese: 所 *sraʔ place, position, situation.

Burmese: ǝra place, thing, wherever, whatever (Luce).

Kachin: šǝra² place.

Comments: Luce 6; Ben. 171.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răj

Meaning: change, coin (?)

Tibetan: dra a small copper coin.

Burmese: prah a small coin.

Kachin: ? ajoi a small coin, change.

Lushai: ṭai to change (money), to convert into small change.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răj

Meaning: a k. of demon

Chinese: 魑 *srhaj a k. of demon.

Tibetan: gre a species of demons, ãdre goblin, devil, gnome.

Kachin: gǝrai²-wa¹, gǝrai²-gǝsaŋ² the Supreme God, supreme being.

Lushai: ṭai to exorcize by the use of incantation, KC *t?-rai.

Comments: Sh. 408; Peiros-Starostin 213. Cf. PAA *ra:j 'spirit, demon' (Peiros 1998, 227).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *raj (~-ǝj)

Meaning: wait, linger

Burmese: kra to delay.

Kachin: rai², gǝrai² to stop, wait, yet.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lay, place

Tibetan: sprag, sbrag (p. sbrags) to lay, to put.

Kachin: mǝraʔ³ be or place upon, (H) ra be placed, laid.

Comments: Cf. *răH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rak

Meaning: a k. of bird

Chinese: 鵅 *r_āk a k. of water-bird [since Han].

Burmese: krak chicken, fowl, LB *k-rak.

Lushai: va-rak duck.

Comments: Ben. 107.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl

Meaning: divide, be separated

Chinese: 離 *raj leave, depart from, *rajs be separated from.

Burmese: hrajh to make an opening through a crowd by dispersing and scattering on both sides; to part forever

Kachin: gǝran³ to divide, distribute, (H) mǝran, pǝran to separate, ran be apart, separated.

Lushai: relʔ to escape, steal with away (cf. also rāl from a distance, rol go into seclusion into jungle).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *răl

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fence, framework

Chinese: 籬 *raj hedge.

Tibetan: ra enclosure, fence, wall; yard; dra grate, lattice; net, net-work; fence, wooden rails.

Lushai: rel to put up the framework (of a house).

Lepcha: tă-rel the lower part of outside-wall of the house

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 欄 *rān railing; pen, 羅 *rāj bird-net. Peiros-Starostin 212, Coblin 78, Gong 62. [NC *ŁwĕɫV]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ral

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thin, watery

Chinese: 醨 *r_aj thin wine.

Burmese: krajh thin, not thick (of fluid).

Lushai: rīl watery, thin.