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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.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

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