Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nă

Meaning: lowland, meadow

Tibetan: na meadow.

Kachin: na² a lowland, field.

Comments: Coblin 107. Cf. also Aka no, Miji nah 'earth'. Cf. Austric: PAN *banua 'inhabited land, territory', PAA *nV 'field', Thai nā 'field'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *na

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: elder female relative

Tibetan: mna-ma daughter-in-law.

Kachin: kǝna¹ an elder sister.

Kiranti: *nä

Comments: PG *a-na elder sister; Lakher i-na mother; Chang a-no older sister; Miri a-nă mother; Vayu nu-nu older sister. Ben. 187.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nă-

Meaning: thou, you

Chinese: 汝 *nhaʔ you, 爾 *nhejʔ you, 乃*nhǝ̄ʔ your.

Burmese: naŋ thou, LB *nhaŋ (cf. also nań thou (addressing a female)).

Kachin: naŋ¹ thou.

Lushai: naŋ you, thou, KC *naŋ you.

Kiranti: *ʔìnä / *gìnä

Comments: BG: Garo naŋ-, Dimasa niŋ, Bodo nǝ́ŋ; Rawang na, Trung na²; Namsangia naŋ-ma; Moshang m-naŋ; Dhimal na; Chepang, Magari naŋ. Sh. 38, 118, 410, 430; Ben. 93.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *na / *naŋ

Meaning: a k. of plant

Burmese: hnaŋh tuberose, land-lily.

Kachin: ǯaŋ²-ńaŋ² rosemallow.

Lepcha: kă-njăŋ a turnip, Brassica rapa

Comments: Mat. 183. Originally probably 'plant with (big) leaves', cf. the word for 'leaf' in some TB languages: Idu *naŋ.2 'leaf', Kabui Naga ka-noŋ id., Tani *nǝ 'leaf', Naga *ńo id., KC *hnaʔ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ńă (-n)

Meaning: equal, be alike

Chinese: 如 *na be similar, like, 然 *nan so, thus, be like.

Tibetan: mńan, mńam like, alike, equal, same.

Comments: Cf. also perhaps Tujia (xu³) ńi¹, Zeme pele-ne 'all', Tib.: Xiaxe ha-no id.; Dulong sɨ-naʔ id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *na (s-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Tibetan: sna the nose.

Burmese: hna nose, LB *sna.

Kachin: (?) naʔ² make a hole in ox's nose.

Lushai: KC *hna.

Kiranti: *nǝ̀

Comments: Atong na-kuŋ; PG *na; Kham sànī; Kanauri sta-gus; Banpara na-kuŋ; Rawang śǝŋa; Trung sǝ³-na¹; Kadu sǝna; Newari hna-sa; Magari hna; Dhimal hna-pa; Digaro hǝna-. Sh. 38, 123, 134, 430; Ben. 35; Luce 4.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nam

Meaning: female relative-in-law

Burmese: (Ben.) mauŋ-hnam husband and wife (archaic).

Kachin: nam¹ sister-in-law, (H) kǝnam id.

Lepcha: njóm a bride, also a daughter-in-law

Comments: BG: Garo nam-tśik, Dimasa ham daughter-in-law; Rawang ǝnam cousin, ǝnam-mɛ sister; Kanauri stem daughter-in-law; Magari arnam maiden; Rgyarung snom sister. Ben. 35.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năm (m-)

Meaning: smell

Tibetan: mnam to smell of, snom, snum (p. bsnums, f. bsnum, i. snum(s)) to smell, snam (p. bsnams, f. bsnam, i. snom(s)) id.

Burmese: namh to smell, LB *(s)namx; nam to stink.

Kachin: mǝnam¹ odour, mǝnam³ to smell, (H) nam to taste, to smell.

Lushai: nam to smell of; give forth a smell, KC *m-nam.

Lepcha: nom (intr.), njóm (tr.) to smell

Kiranti: *nǝ̀m(-s)

Comments: Cf. also Lush. hnīm (hnim) to smell, Mikir iŋnim (intr.), nem-so slight smell; Bodo manam (intr.); Miri nam (tr.); Vayu, Bahing nam (tr.); Kanauri stam- give forth smell; Rawang phǝnam (tr.). Sh. 38, 134, 411; Ben. 117. Cf. Austric: PAA *ńɨm 'taste', PAN *ñamñam id., *tañam 'tasty'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nam (~-ǝ̄m)

Meaning: sesame

Burmese: hnamh sesame, LB *s-namx.

Kachin: čiŋnam⁴ sesame, (H) nam id.

Lepcha: kă-njem a spec. of cock's comb; the grain is used for making chi (sometimes) (?)

Comments: Mikir nem-po; Rawang sǝ-nam; Miri nam-duŋ, Ben. 106.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năŋ

Meaning: give, bestow

Chinese: 饟 *snaŋ, -ŋʔ, -ŋs bring food to (e. g. workers in field).

Tibetan: gnaŋ (p. gnaŋ(s), i. gnoŋ) to give, to bestow, to confer, to allow, permit.

Burmese: hnaŋh to give, deliver over, transfer.

Comments: Sh. 38; Luce 74. Here perhaps Kaike naŋ-pa 'full'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *naŋ / *nak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: inside, interior

Tibetan: naŋ the interior, the inside.

Burmese: nak deep, ǝnak within, belonging to.

Lepcha: njŭŋ to be deep, to be intricate, as subject, learning

Comments: Trung rǝ³-năʔ¹ be deep. Luce 67.

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