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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cip (~ *ć-)
Meaning: shut, close
Kachin: (H) čip be filled, stopped up.
Lushai: ćīp to shut, close, KC *tśīp.
Kiranti: *cíp
Comments: Garo tśīp-. Sh. 53; Ben. 80.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćĭp (~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: cluster together, crowd
Chinese: 揖 *ćip, *ćrip to cluster together, to crowd.
Burmese: ćip be set or placed close together.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ć[i]r
Meaning: pile up
Chinese: 茨 *ʒ_ij (~ʒ́_-) to pile up [since Han].
Tibetan: bćer to heap or pile up.
Kiranti: *cìr
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cīj
Meaning: a k. of liquor
Chinese: 粢 *ʒ_ījs a k. of liquor.
Tibetan: zi, bzi, gzi drunken fit, intoxication.
Burmese: sij intoxicating liquor, or drug, etc., LB *zij.
Lepcha: čí spirit, liquor, beer
Comments: Luce 16. Cf. Dumi cī 'millet beer'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ćɨă (?)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hemp
Chinese: 苴 *ća, *ćha, *ćaʔ ripe hemp, straw.
Tibetan: gco, bco, so hemp.
Comments: Tib. c- is quite irregular: perhaps the word could be considered a later borrowing from Chinese (cf. MC cjö, chjö).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ć]ɨăk
Meaning: cut off, break off
Chinese: 斮 *ćrak cut off.
Tibetan: ãćhag (p. ćhags) to break.
Kachin: (H) u-ǯo a pick-axe.
Lushai: čhok cut off at one stroke; cut off with a slashing motion.
Comments: Cf. *chīkʷ. Cf. Austric: PAA *ca:k 'cut', PAN *pesak, *peceq, *picak 'break, hatch'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cɨăk ( ~ ʒh-)
Meaning: loan, borrow
Chinese: 借 *ciak, *ciaks loan, borrow.
Burmese: ćǝuk to lend.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ćɨ(a)m
Meaning: crafty, skilful
Chinese: 毚 *ʒ́_rām, *ʒ́_rǝ̄m crafty.
Burmese: ćwamh, ćwamʔ to have ability, be able to accomplish.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćɨam (~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: finish, extinguish
Chinese: 熸 *ćam extinguish, destroy (also written as 殲 in Shijing, which is probably a later graphic substitution: the writing 殲 would presuppose OCh. *c-).
Tibetan: ćhom be finished, accomplished, ãʒ́oms (p. bźom, gźom, f. gz̀om, i.ćhom) destroy; subdue.
Burmese: ćum be full, complete, с́humh to come to the end, to die.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ĆɨanH
Meaning: weak
Tibetan: źan weak, flexible.
Burmese: ćhwanʔ be weak.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćɨāk
Meaning: act, start
Chinese: 作 *ćāk act, do, make; to be; rise (806l), 迮 ćāk to start.
Tibetan: ćhags be begotten, produced, come forth, to appear, ãʒ́ag (p. ʒ́ags) to establish, settle, fix.
Lushai: thok (thoʔ) to work, to do (work); to set out; to make a beginning.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ĆɨnH
Meaning: great, big
Tibetan: ćhen great.
Burmese: ćunʔ become big, increase.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Cɨt
Meaning: brush
Tibetan: zed brush.
Burmese: ćut hair pencil, brush.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć[ɨ̄]
Meaning: double
Chinese: 再 *ćǝ̄s twice; second, again.
Lushai: thuaʔ to double, to wear more than one cloth at the same time.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćɨ̄H
Meaning: govern, rule, lord
Chinese: 宰 *cǝ̄ʔ (~ć-) steward; minister.
Tibetan: rʒ́e, ʒ́o lord, master.
Burmese: ćǝwh to govern, direct; ćawh king, queen, royalty.
Kachin: (H) ǯau to rule.
Comments: Luce 24, 28. Cf. Austric: PAA *caw 'owner, lord', ?PAN *qasawa 'spouse, husband, wife', Tai *cʔao 'owner' (see Peiros 1998, 226). [Mentioned should be also: OC 騶 *ćru 'groom'; Tib. gco-bo 'chief' - suggesting that there is more than one root here.]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[c]ɨ̄ŋ
Meaning: increase, abundant
Chinese: 增 *cǝ̄ŋ increase; numerous.
Tibetan: ãcheŋ to increase, improve, thrive.
Kachin: soŋ3 be abundant, plentious.
Lushai: čuaŋ (čuan) spare, extra, surplus, more.
Comments: Cf. also Serdukpen ieb-chaŋ, Chang chūŋ, Naga *cVŋ 'many'. Cf. PAN *unzan 'add to, increase'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *c[ɨ̄]ŋ (~ʒh-)
Meaning: pair
Chinese: 曾 *cǝ̄ŋ add; double.
Tibetan: zuŋ a pair, couple, mchuŋs similar, like, equal.
Burmese: ćhaŋʔ to place one upon another.
Comments: Kanauri söŋ. Sh 52.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *c[ɨ̄]wH
Meaning: paint, dye (black)
Chinese: 皁 *ʒ_ūʔ acorn, black-dyeing fruit.
Tibetan: chos paint, dye; a medicament, chon colour, paint.
Burmese: ćhǝwh to dye.
Kachin: ǯo3 to colour, dye, (H) čo id.
Lushai: thu be or get black; be discoloured.
Comments: Trung tsɔ1 to colour, dye. Luce 28.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cɨ̄wH (~ʒ-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: early
Chinese: 早 *cūʔ early.
Burmese: ćawh early, premature.
Kachin: ǯau1 be early.
Comments: Trung u1-dzu2 early. Sh. 54; Mat. 178.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćŏ ( ~ ʒ́-, -ǝ̆w)
Meaning: request, inquire
Chinese: 諏 *ćo inquire, consult.
Tibetan: źu (p. źus) to request, make a report, put a question.
Comments: Mikir ardźu ask. Ben. 57. Here perhaps Tujia zu.4 [liau.1], Naga *zu, Mikir ʒu 'hear'.
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