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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćVp ( ~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: a k. of millet, flour
Chinese: 穄 *ćats ( < *ćaps) a k. of millet.
Tibetan: źib fine flour; flour in general.
Burmese: ćhap Panicum millet.
Kiranti: *ʒǝ̀p ( / ʔc-)
Comments: Luce 36.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cV̄p (~ć-)
Meaning: bitter, pungent
Burmese: ćap be hot, pungent; с́hip poison.
Kachin: ǯap2 be hot, pungent, peppery, mǝǯap3 red pepper.
Lushai: thīp to smart, be bitter (as egg-fruit).
Comments: Trung pǝ3-tčǝ̆p1 sour. Cf. PAN *qasepa 'astringent'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćVr(H) (~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: hoe, pick-axe
Chinese: 錢 *ćenʔ hoe, weeder.
Tibetan: ãʒ́or, gźor hoe, grubbling-hoe, mattock, pick-axe.
Burmese: pŭ-ćhin axe.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *CVw ?
Meaning: woman
Comments: Attested in Bodo *zaw, Naga *cV 'woman'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dăm
Meaning: speak, talk, utter
Chinese: 詹 *tam garrulous, 譫 *tam speak, chat.
Tibetan: gtam, gtom talk, discourse, speech, report, rumour, news, gdam-pa to advise, give counsel.
Lushai: čham to repeat, utter, recite.
Lepcha: djam to tell tales
Comments: Cf. Maram a-sam-tam, Anong thim 'say'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[d]ā (-t)
Meaning: thick, solid
Chinese: 太 *thāts, 大 *dhāts great, greatly; thick.
Tibetan: tha hard, solid, ãthas id.
Burmese: Naxi (n)dɨ big
Kachin: that2 thick, (H) lǝthat coarse, rough.
Lushai: čhaʔ thick (as wood).
Lepcha: tăŋ be thick as anything (cloth,paper etc.); to be plump
Kiranti: *thèn (/*ʔt-)
Comments: Mikir arthat fat, thick; Meithei ǝtha-ba thick. Ben. 102. Cf. also: Taraon dɨ rɨŋ, Aka *dV, Pumi *da 'big' (some forms are difficult to distinguish from the reflexes of *tajH q.v. A form with a nasal suffix, beside Lepcha and Kiranti, is also present in Karen *d̄VN.4L 'big'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dēk
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hoof; kick
Chinese: 蹢 *tēk hoof, animal's foot.
Tibetan: rdeg(s)-pa to kick, knock, beat.
Burmese: LB *thek to kick.
Kiranti: *thék
Comments: Garo ga-tek; Thangkur kǝkǝthǝk. Matisoff 1972:31; Coblin 100.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ă
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sweet, saltless
Chinese: 蔗 *tia(k)s sugar-cane, sweet (since Han; possibly the same word as the earlier attested 柘 *tiaks a k. of mulberry tree ?).
Tibetan: bda (resp.) savoury, well-tasted.
Lushai: da (dāk) lose saltness, taste.
Comments: Cf. *tɨă.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhăH (/*thăH)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: put, place
Chinese: 署 *d_a(ʔ)s to place, position; 處 *thaʔ dwell, stay, place.
Tibetan: gda to be, to be there, gtad (p. btad, gtad, f. gtad, i. btod) lean upon, deliver up, stad (p., f. bstad, i. stod) put on, lay on.
Burmese: thah to put, place, LB *stax.
Kachin: da3 put, place, (H) ta be left, placed, tha to sit, rest.
Lushai: daʔ put, place, set.
Lepcha: tho-m place
Comments: Tsangla tha; Kanauri ta; Vayu ta put, place, keep. Sh. 58; Ben 19; Mat. 191. Cf. also: OC 佇 *d_raʔ 'to stand', Burm. thaʔ 'to stand up'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ak ~ *[dh]ǝk
Meaning: dry
Kachin: gǝthaʔ3 be dry and brittle (as bamboo strips).
Lushai: daʔ-ro be dry (as wood).
Kiranti: *dhVŋ
Comments: A nasalised form is perhaps reflected in Kaling dhoŋpɛ, Kham thǝ̃.1 'dry'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhălH
Meaning: wide, spread, extend
Chinese: � *thajʔ wide, extend.
Tibetan: rdal (p., f. brdal, i. rdol) to spread, to cover, gdal, bdal id. (cf. also dar be diffused, to spread).
Burmese: thaʔ to develop, become stronger.
Kachin: mǝden2 to widen, extend.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhā
Meaning: width, length
Tibetan: brta to grow, wide, extend, gtos size, width, quantity.
Burmese: ta length, distance; measure of length equal to seven cubits.
Kachin: ndaʔ2 width, breadth.
Lushai: KC *da far.
Lepcha: thó, dă thó a large expanse, a sea of water (?)
Comments: Newari ta- far; Digaro da id. Sh. 163, 190. Cf. also Karen *thV.T 'long'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhān
Meaning: order, manner
Tibetan: gtan order, system; duration; always, continually; bstan doctrine.
Burmese: tanh to extend in a line from one point to another.
Kachin: tan3 a division ( < Burm.).
Lushai: dān way, manner, mode.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhār
Meaning: bow, shoot
Chinese: 彈 *dhār shoot pellets.
Kachin: ndan1 bow, cross-bow, (H) dan, ndan id.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhāw (-t)
Meaning: eat voraciously
Chinese: 饕 *thāw eat voraciously.
Burmese: ǝthut voracious eating.
Kachin: (H) šǝdot food (poet.).
Lepcha: tha to eat (said almost of everything except rice [zo q.v.] and vegetables [bi])
Comments: Cf. also Tani *do 'eat'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ek
Meaning: pinch with nails
Kachin: mǝthiʔ2 to pinch with the nails.
Lushai: deʔ to crack (as flea, louse).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ĕkʷ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: burn, glow
Chinese: 灼 *tekʷ burn, brilliant, illuminate (cf. also 的 *tēkʷ bright, brilliant).
Tibetan: dugs heat; make warm; to light, to kindle; thog thunderbolt, lightning.
Burmese: tauk to blaze, flame, be luminous brilliant, LB *t[uk]x burn.
Lushai: duk be glowing with heat (as ashes).
Lepcha: tik, tik-kă tik-kă sparkling, flickering (light)
Kiranti: *thok (~-uk,-ak)
Comments: Luce 81. Cf. also OCh. 燭 *tok torch; Kir. *thik 'cook, burn': perhaps two original roots that are now very hard to distinguish.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhel
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: lake, still water
Tibetan: ãdal still water.
Lushai: dīl a lake, pond.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhĕm
Meaning: laugh, make fun of
Kachin: ndam3 to laugh.
Lushai: dem to blame; make fun of.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[dh]ĕŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: straight
Chinese: 正 *teŋs straight, correct, 貞 *treŋ id.
Tibetan: draŋ straight.
Burmese: tańʔ be straightward, direct from one point to another.
Kachin: diŋ1 be straight, rectilinear.
Lushai: diŋ right, right-handed (cf. also dīŋ go straight or direct, as arrow).
Lepcha: diŋ 1 to be erect, to be high, to be perpendicular; the highest point or degree 2 to stand, to remain, to exist
Comments: Simon 15; Luce 62.
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