Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔa

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: demonstrative pronoun

Lushai: hei this

Lepcha: a this

Comments: Cf. also: Karen *ʔV, Idu a, Tani *ʔV, Konyak *ʔa, Manipuri a-du, Sichuan *ʔa 'that, this'. Some languages reflect a variation of ʔ- (0-) / and emphatic h- (besides Lushai, cf. Sulung *hV-, Aka *hVŋ, Konyak *ha-, Mikir ha-la, Magar ho-se, Kham hō), but there seems to be no reason for reconstructing two different pronouns.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔă (~ɣ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to be in, in, at

Chinese: 於 *ʔa to be in, in, at etc.

Burmese: ah marker of an object.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔăn

Meaning: in, inside

Chinese: 焉 *ʔan in (it).

Burmese: an inside.

Lushai: an in, on.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔ[a]n (~-ɫ)

Meaning: vomit, feel squeamish

Burmese: an to vomit.

Kachin: on² feel squeamish, (Mat.) go¹-on² id.

Comments: Ben. 74; Mat. 171.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔăŋ

Meaning: middle, centre

Chinese: 央 *ʔaŋ centre, middle.

Kachin: gǝ-aŋ¹ a middle, midst, centre.

Comments: Cf. also Shaiyang (Tani) aŋ 'heart', Idu huŋ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔāH (r-)

Meaning: mute, dumb

Chinese: 啞 *ʔrāʔ mute.

Burmese: aʔ be dumb, be mute.

Kachin: mǝa² to be dumb.

Lushai: ā be foolish, silly.

Kiranti: *ʔ[ä]

Comments: Nung mǝa. Ben. 36; Luce 1.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔāk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bad

Chinese: 惡 *ʔāk bad, evil.

Tibetan: ʔag-po bad.

Comments: Coblin 38.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔāŋ

Meaning: cup, basin

Chinese: 盎 *ʔāŋs basin, tub.

Burmese: aŋ-khʷak a cup, basin.

Kachin: aŋ¹ a water-basin.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔĕk ( ~ q(h)-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: split, open

Burmese: ak to crack open.

Lushai: ek (eʔ) split or cleave (as wood).

Lepcha: ók to open (as door, mouth)

Comments: Bunan ag mouth. Ben. 36. Cf. Yamphu okma 'open, pull apart'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝm

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sound, wind

Chinese: 音 *ʔǝm sound

Burmese: am 'to read aloud'

Comments: Cf. Tani *ǝm, Gurung kha-ẽ wind.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝw

Meaning: yes

Tibetan: ʔo yes.

Kachin: (H) au yes.

Lushai: o yes.

Comments: Cf. also Lush. hau yes.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝ̄j

Meaning: good, dear

Chinese: 愛 *ʔǝ̄js to hold dear, to love.

Kachin: ai² good, proper.

Comments: Cf. also Lush. uai 'make love', Karen ʔai 'love' (listed in STEDT 349-353 under *ŋ(w)ay which is probably wrong). Cf. PAN *qasi 'respect, venerate'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝ̄̆m

Meaning: dumb, speechless

Chinese: 喑 *ʔǝm, *ʔǝ̄m dumb; silent.

Kachin: (H) am to stutter, stammer; mǝ-am to become speechless.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔǝ̄w

Meaning: a k. of pot

Chinese: 甌 *ʔō bowl.

Burmese: ǝwh jar, pot, chatty.

Kachin: n-au² a large boiler, a cauldron, (H) mǝ-au a large kind of chatty.

Comments: Luce 27.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔ[ǝ̄]w

Meaning: cry, sing

Chinese: 謳 *ʔō sing.

Burmese: aw to cry out, bawl, howl, scream.

Lushai: au scream, cry out.

Comments: Dimasa hau shout in chorus. Ben. 63.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔĭ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: this

Chinese: 伊 *ʔij this.

Burmese: i this.

Lushai: i this.

Kiranti: *ʔè

Comments: PK *ʔè he. Luce 10.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔiǝ̆mH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: drink

Chinese: 飲 *ʔǝmʔ drink.

Tibetan: skjems drink beverage.

Burmese: Achang ǝn.55 'eat'

Lushai: in to drink.

Comments: Rawang im mouthfull; Dhimal am- 'drink'; Karen *ʔam, Rawang ǝm 'eat'. Questionable for phonetic reasons is the relationship of Mikir ʒun, Naga *yoŋ 'drink'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔĭr

Meaning: crooked, warped

Chinese: 闉 *ʔrǝn (~-in) a covered or angular piece of extra wall as protection to gate in city wall; crooked.

Lushai: er be warped, turned up, bent back (cf. also elʔ to bend).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔĭt (~ɣ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: one

Chinese: 一 *ʔit one.

Burmese: ać a unit, one.

Kiranti: *ʔi[t]

Comments: Kanauri id. Ben. 94.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔīk (~ɣ-)

Meaning: choke, strangle

Chinese: 噎 *ʔīt choke.

Burmese: ać to choke, to strangle.

Comments: Rawang i strangle. Ben. 36.