Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏt (k-)

Meaning: drink

Burmese: krut to gulp down, to swallow.

Kachin: (H) grot, dǝgrot to gulp down, as liquor (also krut² id., probably < Burm.).

Lushai: hrot to puff at (a pipe).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŏt (~-ŭ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: narrow valley

Chinese: 埒 *rhot channel, river-bed, dyke.

Kachin: (H) niŋrut a ravine, gap, landslide.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rot (~-uat)

Meaning: stiff, tough, old

Tibetan: rod stiff, unable to help one's self.

Burmese: rwat be old, tough.

Comments: Ben. 47.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rot (~-ut)

Meaning: dark

Tibetan: srod dusk of the evening, twilight.

Burmese: krut be dark, darksome, brutal.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōk (p- / m-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scratch

Chinese: 剝 *prōk to peel, scratch, scrape.

Tibetan: ãphrug (p. phrugs) to scratch oneself.

Burmese: phjauk to scratch oneself.

Kachin: mǝruʔ² to itch.

Comments: BG: Garo brik, Dimasa buru scratch. Ben. 89.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōɫ

Meaning: custom, habit

Chinese: 串 *kʷrāns ( < *krōn-s) custom; usage.

Tibetan: srol usage, custom, common use, habitual practice.

Kachin: ǝron² behaviour, habit.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: twins, pair

Chinese: 孿 *srōns, *srons twins.

Tibetan: sgrol-ma (W. rol-ma) name of two goddesses known as the white and green Tara.

Kachin: run³ be in pairs, mǝrun³ twins.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōl ( / *rōɫ)

Meaning: sound, shout

Tibetan: khrol a sound, ãkhrol-ba (p., f. dkrol, i. krol) cause to sound.

Burmese: krwijh to cry aloud.

Kachin: mǝron³ to shout, scream, (H) mǝgroi to howl, scream.

Lushai: rōl voice, cry (as of animal), sound.

Comments: Luce 17.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōmH

Meaning: a k. of drum

Chinese: 椌 *khrōŋ a hollow wooden beaten instrument of music.

Burmese: rwamh to drum.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōnH (~-ɫH)

Meaning: smile, joke

Chinese: 莧 *g_ʷrānʔ ( < *g_rōnʔ) smile.

Burmese: hrwanh be joyful.

Comments: May be the same root as *roɫH light (q. v.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōŋ

Meaning: cage, basket

Chinese: 籠 *rōŋ basket

Burmese: khjǝuŋʔ, khrǝuŋʔ a cage, pit

Comments: Garo griŋ. Ben. 82. Cf. Austric: PAA [*ruŋ / *roŋ] 'cage', *ro:ŋ / *rɔ:ŋ 'basket', ? PAN *balu'laŋ 'basket'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōp (~-ū-)

Meaning: waste away, be sore

Kachin: rop³ be sore, to ache.

Lushai: rōp to waste away (as in illness), to dry (as a corpse), to wither.

Lepcha: krjup to suck dry as orange etc.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rōt (~-ū-)

Meaning: gather

Chinese: 捋 *rhōt gather, pluck, pick.

Lushai: rūt (ruʔ) to scoop up, to gather up.

Kiranti: *prót ( / *ʔp-)

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAN *paRut 'pluck, uproot', *SuRut 'pull, draw', PAA *rVt 'harvest', *sɔ:t id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ŭ]

Meaning: wind

Chinese: 飀 *r_u (~-iw) wind high up in the air.

Kachin: lǝru¹ a hurricane, tornado, (H) ru to blow, as a gale.

Lushai: ṭo the storms preceding the rainy season.

Comments: Here perhaps Naga *rV, Karen *rV 'cold'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rŭ (s-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: look, examine

Chinese: 搜 *sru look, examine.

Burmese: hruʔ look, examine.

Comments: Luce 34.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ru (~-iw)

Meaning: a k. of small animal (flying squirrel, bamboo rat)

Burmese: hruh flying squirrel.

Kachin: šǝru¹ the bamboo rat, ru²- in ru²-khron¹ an animal resembling a squirrel living in trees.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rua (k-,-k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn

Chinese: 角 *krōk horn, angle, corner.

Tibetan: rwa horn, grwa, gru angle, corner.

Burmese: khrǝw, khjǝw horn, LB *khrǝw.

Comments: PG *ru horn; Kanauri rud; Rgyarung tǝru ~ tere; Digaro ru ~ ro; Trung xrǝ¹ horn. Ben. 22, 113.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ua]H

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: swarm, scurry

Burmese: rwaʔ to swarm (as ants); tick.

Lushai: rau (rauʔ) to swarm (as bees), to desert or abandon (as village or nest); hreu a sp. of land-leech.

Kiranti: *rù

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ruaj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of creeping plant

Burmese: rwajh 'Adenanthera Pavonina'

Kachin: ru³ a vine, a creeper.

Lushai: hruai a sp. of climbing plant.

Comments: Cf. *rŭjH.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ruak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rat

Burmese: krwak a rat, LB *krwak.

Lepcha: kă-lók, kŭn-lók a rat

Comments: Chepang rok-yu rat; Ben. 2, 107.