Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tākʷ

Meaning: arrive, reach, meet

Chinese: 到 *tā(k)ws arrive.

Tibetan: thug, gtug (p. gtugs) to reach, come to, to meet, to light upon.

Lushai: tōk to meet, meet with.

Lepcha: thók to reach the height, to come to full maturity (?)

Comments: Rgyar. -rdo meet. Sh. 122.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ām

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: carry on the shoulder, support

Chinese: 擔 *tām carry on the shoulder.

Tibetan: stem (p. stems) to hold, to support.

Burmese: thamh to bear or carry on the shoulder.

Lushai: dōm to support (from below), dom to hold, hold up.

Comments: With a shift 'shoulder' > 'breast' cf. perhaps Dhimal tum-ta, Konyak tɨm 'breast' (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tān (~d-)

Meaning: altar

Chinese: 壇 *dān altar.

Tibetan: gdan a bolster; a throne.

Kachin: ton¹ a 4-legged nat altar.

Comments: Jnp. t- is irregular. Cf. PAN *a'taŋ 'sacrifice' (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tānH ( ~ d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mat

Chinese: 笪 *tānʔ, *tāt bamboo mat.

Tibetan: stan mat, carpet (for sitting).

Comments: ? Cf. Khoirao thiŋ-dan '(tree) bark'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tār ( / *thār)

Meaning: exhausted, old

Chinese: 嘽 *thār exhausted, fagged out, 殫 *tār exhaust.

Tibetan: thar old, worn-out, ther old, dilapidated.

Lushai: tar be old, or aged.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tā̆t

Meaning: experienced, wise

Chinese: 哲 *trat perspicacious, wise; 忕 *dhats, *thāts experienced.

Burmese: tat to know, be able.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tāw

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grieved, sullen

Chinese: 忉 *tāw grieved, sorry.

Lushai: tau (tauʔ) to sulk, be sullen.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 怊 *thaw (~-ew), *thraw grieved.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tā̆w ( ~ d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knife, axe

Chinese: 鉊 *taw big sickle, 刀 *tāw knife

Tibetan: sto carpenter's axe.

Kachin: nthu¹ a sword.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *te(j)

Meaning: do; say, think

Tibetan: gte to say.

Burmese: LB *ta[j] say

Kachin: di¹ to do, make.

Lushai: ti (tiʔ) to do, act; to say; to think.

Lepcha: de to create

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tĕk (~ d-)

Meaning: go to, depart

Chinese: 適 *tek proceed to, go to, come to.

Tibetan: thegs, ãthegs to set out on a journey, to depart, to go.

Comments: In Tib. the root can be confused with thegs, ãthegs lift, pack up (although the Chinese parallels show that they were originally different). Cf. Austric: PAN *qindig 'step, tred', PAA *tVk 'go, walk'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tem (~-iǝ-)

Meaning: memorial, sign

Tibetan: thems-jig memorial.

Burmese: ǝthimh-ǝhmat memorial, simbol, sign, token.

Kachin: (Mat.) dem² to mark, blot, spot or staim, to stamp, imprint, print.

Comments: Sh. 45; Mat. 179. ? Cf. PAN *demdem, -dem 'remember'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tĕŋ

Meaning: pile up, build, achieve

Chinese: 成 *deŋ to complete, achieve, succeed, build, establish, determine.

Burmese: taŋ to place or put upon, put around.

Kachin: daŋ³ to pile, as wood or stone.

Lushai: tiaŋ (tian) to pile up; put one on top of another.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *teŋ ( ~ d-)

Meaning: go; go back

Chinese: 征 *teŋ to go, to progress.

Tibetan: ãdeŋ (p. deŋ, i. deŋ(s)) to go; go back, return, theŋs time, times.

Kachin: nthaŋ¹ to return, nthaŋ³ to turn upside down.

Comments: Cf. also Bodo taʔŋ 'walk'. [Cf. *tɨān 'go out', *tŏŋ(H) 'go to, come to', as well as Austric *tVʔŋ 'come, go'].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ĕŋ(H) ( ~ -iǝ̆-)

Meaning: put, arrange

Chinese: 整 *teŋʔ arrange, dispose (cf. also 定 *dēŋs settle, determine).

Burmese: tań to place in a position, thańʔ to put or place in.

Kachin: tiŋ¹ to plant.

Lushai: din to erect, build, make.

Lepcha: thjaŋ to set in, to plant as tree

Comments: Luce 62; Coblin 73-74. Cf. *tĕŋ. In OC cf. also � *d(h)īŋ-s 'put down, set forth, offer'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tĕp ( ~ d-)

Meaning: fear, be confused

Chinese: 慹 *tep, *tip scared stiff, stupefied, 慴 *tep to fear.

Tibetan: rtab (p. brtabs, f. brtab, i. rtobs) be confused, frightened; be in a hurry.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]ĕw

Meaning: a k. of vessel

Chinese: 盄 *tew vessel.

Kachin: namtau², (H) ǝtau a bottle, jar.

Comments: Trung la¹-tu¹ barrel.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tē

Meaning: god

Chinese: 帝 *tē(k)s God, emperor.

Tibetan: the celestial gods of the Bon religion (Coblin).

Comments: Coblin 164.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tēk (~ d-)

Meaning: brick

Chinese: 甋 *tēk big brick [since Han].

Tibetan: mdag a sort of large unburnt bricks of mud.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tē̆kʷ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vessel, cup, scoop

Chinese: 杓 *dekʷ ladle, cup; 酌 *tekʷ pour out (wine); draw water.

Burmese: tǝuk to give to drink, administer (a liquid); drink

Kachin: diʔ² pot.

Lushai: tōk to drink to another's health.

Lepcha: tăŋ-tek a cup formed of bamboo

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tēkʷ (~ d-)

Meaning: sign, mark

Chinese: 的 *tēkʷ mark in a target.

Tibetan: rtags sign, token, mark.