Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăt
Meaning: leech
Tibetan: sriŋ-bu-pad-ma leech (sriŋ-bu insect, worm).
Burmese: kjwat leech, LB *kr-watx.
Kachin: wot2 leech.
Lushai: vaŋ-vat a land-leech, KC *t-r-wat (also *m-pāt ?).
Lepcha: kă-hom-fót very small sp. of leech
Comments: PG *tipìt (~ -è-) land leech; Angami reva; Mikir iŋphat; Nung dǝ-phat; BG: Garo ru'at, Dimasa ro-ma; Moshang tă-wat; Kham pǝtī; Miri tǝpat; Digaro kǝpe; Karen: Taungthu tǝwaʔ, Pwo waʔ~ɵǝwaʔ, Sgaw ɵuʔ (Ben. 132; but ibid. p.138 - Sgaw waʔ), Palaychi lǝro land leech. Sh. 43, 201, 410, 430; Ben. 24, 103, 132, 138; Mat. 203.
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