Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhɨ̄n / *dhɨ̄ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: drink, swallow

Chinese: 吞 *thǝ̄n to swallow.

Tibetan: ãthuŋ (p. ãthuŋs, i. ãthuŋ) to drink, suck, smoke.

Burmese: LB *taŋ to drink.

Lushai: dōn drink (poet.).

Lepcha: thăŋ, thoŋ, caus. tjăn to drink

Kiranti: *ʔtùŋ

Comments: Simon 26; Sh. 125. STEDT 242-248 *tuŋ 'suck, milk', *[N/s]-tuŋ 'drink, suck'; OC 湩 *troŋ-s / *tōŋ-s 'milk' is compared by Matissoff, but is attested only since Han, and, according to Pulleyblank (CSOC) may be a Xiongnu borrowing.