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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*w{a:}" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā
Meaning: chew, bite
Chinese: 哺 *bās to chew; to suck (breast).
Burmese: wah to chew.
Kachin: gǝwa3 to bite.
Comments: BG: Dimasa wai, Bodo wat ~ ot. Ben. 101; Mat. 193; Luce 8. Cf. Sherpa phe.LR- 'bite', perhaps also Qiang χbe.33 id., Karen *ʔɔ.1L 'drink', Kham o.1 id.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cane, bamboo
Chinese: 蒲 *bhā rush, reed; willow.
Tibetan: spa, sba cane.
Burmese: wah bamboo, LB *wax.
Kachin: kǝwa3 bamboo.
Lushai: rua (ro) a bamboo, KC *k-wa(?).
Kiranti: *[ʔp]a
Comments: BG: Garo waʔa, Dimasa wa; Moshang wa; Namsangia va; ? PG *mà cane (like bamboo). Sh. 431; Ben. 24; Mat. 193; Luce 8; Coblin 38-39 (compares OCh. 笆 *prā, *phrās a k. of prickly bamboo).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (~Qʷ-)
Meaning: cave, hole
Kachin: lǝwaŋ1 a cave, a vault.
Lushai: KC > Tiddim wāŋ hole.
Comments: [Most probably same root as *qhōŋ.]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (/*wāk)
Meaning: kinship term
Chinese: 伯 *prāk eldest brother, eldest (?)
Tibetan: a-baŋ the husband of father's or the mother's sister.
Burmese: LB: Lashi vaŋ-mo father's older sister's husband,husband's father, Lisu a-wɔ father's brother.
Kiranti: *phǝ̀ŋ(V)
Comments: BG: Garo a-waŋ father's younger brother, Bod poŋ younger brother; Nung a-waŋ father's brother; Chepang paŋ; Limbu phaŋ-ā; Vayu poŋ-poŋ; Kham bǝyN-ni younger sister. Ben. 23.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāp
Meaning: fall
Chinese: 沛 *pāts ( < *pāps) fall down, collapse.
Tibetan: phab to fall down, ãbab (p. bab(s), i. ãbob, bobs) to descend, fall down, ãbebs (p. phab, f. dbab, i. phob) throw down, cast down.
Burmese: wap to fall face on the ground.
Comments: Bod. 49; Coblin 76.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wār
Meaning: white
Chinese: 皤 *bār, *pār white.
Lushai: vār be white; be light (not dark).
Lepcha: ŭr yellow
Comments: Cf. Burm. phwijh be very white, snow-white, Bodo búr become white. Karen *bwV white.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flower
Burmese: wat, LB *wat.
Comments: Rawang -wăt; Gurung tapat. Sh. 403; Ben. 24. Cf. OCh. 茇 *pāt roots of grass, 胈 *pāt small hairs on body; Tani *wit 'feather, hair'.
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