Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́huam

Meaning: slow

Tibetan: ćam slow.

Lushai: fūm be slow (at work).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhuanH

Meaning: gather, together

Chinese: 僔 *cūnʔ many together.

Lushai: fuan gather together.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hŭk

Meaning: toad, frog

Chinese: 鼁 *chuk ( ~ ćh-) a k. of toad [since Han].

Kachin: šuʔ² a frog, toad.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒh]ūj

Meaning: urge

Chinese: 催 *chūj urge, repress.

Burmese: ćhwaʔ to stimulate, impetus.

Lushai: fuiʔ to advise, encourage, urge.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́h]Vj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ten

Tibetan: bću ten (in comp. bćo).

Burmese: ćhaj ten, LB *chaj.

Kachin: ši¹ ten.

Lepcha: kă-tí ten

Comments: PG *ć[ù]; BG: Garo tśi-kuŋ, Dimasa dźi; Namsangia i-tśi. Sh. 124, 437; Ben. 94.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄kʷ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: chisel; axe, hoe

Chinese: 鑿 *ʒ́hākʷ to bore, chisel out.

Lushai: čēk (čeʔ) chop or hack with axe; to hoe.

Comments: Cf. also Lush. ha-čhek a small axe. See also *chīkʷ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhVm

Meaning: play, romp

Tibetan: ãʒum smile.

Lushai: fiam to play, romp, lark.

Kiranti: *c[ä̀]m / *c[ä̀]p

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄p

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: suck

Tibetan: ãʒ́ib(s) (p. bźibs,f. bźib) to suck.

Burmese: ćup kiss, suck, LB *ćhupx.

Kachin: čup² to suck (as through a straw).

Lushai: fōp (foʔ) kiss, suck; cf. also fēp (feʔ) to suck (as sugar cane).

Lepcha: čóp to suck and afterwards spit out the refuse (of tobacco)

Kiranti: *cùp

Comments: Dimasa dźob; Kanauri tśhubʔ; Newari tśupa. Cf. also KC *M-tśúp kiss, suck; Jnp. (H) mǝsup to inhale, as odour or gas. Sh. 54, 67, 101; Ben. 28. The root may be confused with *[ć]uap q.v. STEDT 214-226 *m-dzo:p; dzup ~ dzip 'suck, suckle, milk, kiss'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rain

Tibetan: čhar rain.

Lushai: fūr the rainy season.

Comments: Cf. Lush sūr to rain; Burm. ćwanʔ urinate, defecate.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̆t

Meaning: fragile

Chinese: 脆 *ćhots brittle.

Burmese: ćhat brittle, fragile.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́i(a)m ( ~ ch-, -e-)

Meaning: strange, unknown

Burmese: ćimh be unknown to.

Kachin: cǝ³-sam⁴ a stranger, (H) čǝsam.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒik

Meaning: see, examine

Tibetan: gzigs to see.

Burmese: ćać to inspect, observe.

Kachin: ǝʒiʔ² to gaze, stare at, (H) ze id.

Kiranti: *cVk know

Comments: Cf. also Tib. gźig to examine, search, try.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒiɫ

Meaning: divide, split

Tibetan: gsil to cut to pieces, to divide, to split (also gsi-ba)

Kachin: ʒen² to clip, shear.

Comments: Cf. Kulung cel- 'split in two'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́iŋ

Meaning: precious stone

Tibetan: ãćhiŋ a spurious glass, jewel.

Burmese: ćin diamоnd.

Kachin: seŋ¹ a jewel, a precious stone (also (H) sin a diamond < Burm.).

Comments: Cf. perhaps KC *suaŋ 'stone' (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒīj

Meaning: small

Chinese: 細 *sē(j)s (~-ī(j)-s) small, minute.

Tibetan: zi something of a very small size or quantity (W).

Burmese: sijh be small, fine, slender.

Kachin: (H) ʒi be small.

Kiranti: *ci

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 些 *sej ( ~ *saj) a few, some, 佌 *ćhejʔ small, petty; Jnp. ǯi¹, gǝǯi², (H) kǝči be small. Ben. 27.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ]īkʷ

Meaning: wrinkle, crumple

Chinese: 顣 *chīkʷ, *cikʷ wrinkle (the brow).

Kachin: gǝʒuʔ² be crumpled.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́ɨămH

Meaning: gradually

Chinese: 漸 *ʒ́_amʔ gradually, increasingly.

Lushai: čhom gradually, in good time.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒɨā]k

Meaning: eat, dine

Kachin: (H) ʒok to eat.

Lushai: fāk to dine, have dinner.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒo (~-ew, -aw)

Meaning: testicles; sperm, seed

Burmese: sǝwh testiculi.

Kachin: (Mat.) ʒu¹ semen, sperm, (H) ʒu, ǝʒu id.

Comments: Matisoff (Mat. 189) compares the Jnp. form with Burm. ćhu fat (see *chāw).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́oɫ (~-u-)

Meaning: dirty

Burmese: ćwanh be stained, discolored, tarnished.

Lushai: čhul get dirty.