Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ
Meaning: liver, kidney
Tibetan: mkhal kidney, reins.
Burmese: khah the loins, waist, small of the back.
Kachin: kan1 the stomach, belly.
Lushai: kal kidney, KC *m-kal.
Comments: Meithei nam-gal ~ nam-gan, Kham kàl kidney; Chepang kal. Sh. 47; Ben. 18. Some forms reflect *kjVɫ - apparently a merger with *gjV̆nH 'kidney' q.v.: cf. Taraon kɨ.3 jɨŋ.1, Tani *ki, Rengma agen, Tiddim gil 'belly', Magar mi-gin 'heart'.
