Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lāj (s-)
Meaning: other
Burmese: ta-lij someone.
Lushai: hlei (hleiʔ) compared with the other.
Comments: Cf. Tani *alo 'that', Mikir la 'that, this', Naga *lV 'that; one'. Here probably a number of TB forms meaning 'one': Karen *lV, Tujia la.3, Gurung *K-ri (if < *K-li).
