Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chūt

Meaning: retreat, withdraw

Burmese: ćhut to retreat, step back.

Lushai: sūt (suʔ) to withdraw, take back.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chūt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sniff, breathe

Tibetan: sud to cough, to breathe with difficulty.

Kachin: (H) sut, yasut, asut to sniff.

Lushai: sūt to draw into the nose, sniff up.

Comments: Cf. *s[ĭ]t.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhVk

Meaning: whetstone, grinding stone

Chinese: 厝 *chāk whetstone.

Tibetan: mćhig a stone for grinding spice, a mortar.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chV̆l ( ~ -ɫ)

Meaning: put on

Tibetan: gsol (resp.) to put on.

Lushai: silʔ to wear, put on.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chVm

Meaning: rot, decay

Tibetan: sum(s) putrid, rancid, rotten.

Kachin: cam¹, čǝcam¹ be decayed, rotten, (H) ʒam be decaying, rotten.

Kiranti: *cèm ( ~ ʔc-)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *c(h)V̄m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: as much as

Tibetan: cam as much as.

Lushai: thūm as good as.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)Vm

Meaning: unripe, immature

Burmese: ćimh be of green colour, be green, unripe, immature, LB *[ć]imx.

Lushai: čuam immature.

Comments: Trung a³-źǝm² raw. Ben. 81. Cf. also Naga *ʒVm 'green'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhV̄ŋH

Meaning: watch for, guard

Burmese: ćauŋʔ to watch, wait for, keep watch, protect.

Lushai: čāŋ (čān) to watch for.

Comments: Cf. also Tamang cyā, Trung *ʒāŋ, Sichuan *ćVN- 'see'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhV̆p

Meaning: close the fist, clamp

Burmese: ćhup to clench fists.

Kachin: lǝcup to close the fist, (H) čup to close, as the hands when catching a ball.

Lushai: čep (čeʔ) to clip, nip, clamp.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chVr

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: slide

Tibetan: zir to slide down a snow-hill on the coat spread under.

Kachin: gumcun² to slide, to slip down.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)V̆t

Meaning: cut off, tear, break

Chinese: 絕 *ʒ́_ot cut off, break off.

Tibetan: gćod (p. bćad, f. gćad, i. ćhod) to cut off, ćhod, ãćhad (p. ćhad) be cut off, ćhad-po rent, torn.

Burmese: ćut torn, damages (Luce).

Lushai: čat break, snap (as rope).

Comments: Trung a³-zat¹ to cut (meat); Konyak (Wancho) tsat 'bite', Nusu tshuɔr id. Simon 17; Ben. 47; Luce 50; Gong 48. Can be actually a merger of two roots (with a rounded and unrounded vowel): cf. in OCh. also 截 *ʒ́_ēt 'cut, trim'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ći

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: urine

Tibetan: gći, gćid, gćin urine.

Burmese: ćhih urine.

Kachin: ǯit² urine, (Mat.) ǯi³, či³ to urinate.

Lepcha: ǯit urine

Kiranti: *ʔce(s)

Comments: BG: Dimasa si-di, Bodo sír; Rawang tsi; Trung tši¹; Kham ʒìs^L; Chepang chyus. Sh. 54; Mat 191. Cf. also Burm. sijh urine, LB *[z]ijx (for which cf. PAN *iSiq 'urine'?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ci ( ~ ć(h)-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: self

Chinese: 自 *ʒ_ijs (~ʒ́_-,-ts) self.

Lushai: čiaʔ self.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćiǝl

Meaning: equal

Chinese: 齊 *ʒ́hǝ̄j be equal.

Lushai: čelʔ be equal.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ciǝ̆ŋH (~ ʒh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: well, pond