Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)ol (~-ɫ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: net, trap

Tibetan: dol net, fishing-net.

Lushai: tol a special k. of trap.

Comments: Cf. PAN *bintul (but also *bintur) 'fish or crab trap'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)ŏŋ

Meaning: trunk, stem

Tibetan: sdoŋ trunk, stem, body of a tree.

Lushai: KC *tOŋ.

Lepcha: thjoŋ: kuŋ thjoŋ buttress of tree

Comments: PG *Tùŋ^L. Sh. 51.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thō ( ~ dh-,-ǝ̄w)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: head

Chinese: 頭 *dhō head.

Burmese: LB *[ɣux]-tux head.

Lepcha: to up there, up, above

Kiranti: *dhǝ̀ / *dhǝ̀ŋ

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thōj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spit

Chinese: 唾 *thōjs spit.

Tibetan: tho-le ãdebs spit; (W) thu id.

Burmese: thwijh to spit.

Kachin: mǝtho³ to spit; mă-thwi³ (Mat. 191).

Lushai: KC *m-thoi.

Comments: PG *tù saliva; BG: Dimasa thu (v.), Garo stu; Kanauri thu-. Peiros-Starostin 211; Coblin 138.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thō̆ŋ

Meaning: net

Chinese: 罿 *thoŋ, *dhōŋ a k. of net.

Burmese: thauŋ jail, prison, to set a trap, LB *thuŋ net.

Kachin: thoŋ¹ a jail (probably from Burm.).

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *tVŋ, *dʔVŋ 'trap', PAN *taqan, *taqen 'set a trap'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)ōr (~-ū-)

Meaning: relish, strong taste

Tibetan: sdor, rdor that which gives relish to food.

Lushai: tūr be strong (as tea, spirits), pungent smelling.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thrɨāk

Meaning: split, cut, break

Chinese: 坼 *thrāk split, fissure.

Tibetan: gćog to break, break off, to smash.

Kachin: ǝtok³ to cut in small pieces.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 斸 *trok cut, 斲 *trōk hew, chop, carve.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *th(r)ɨāŋ (~dh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: look, see

Chinese: 瞠 *thrāŋ look straight at, stare.

Tibetan: mthoŋ to see.

Comments: Kanauri taŋ-. Sh. 133.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *th(r)ŏŋ ( ~ dh-)

Meaning: accumulate, double

Chinese: 重 *dhroŋ double; accumulate; twice; repeat.

Tibetan: sdoŋ(s) (p. bsdoŋs, f. bstoŋ) to unite, join.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *th(r)ŭŋ

Meaning: surge, rise (of water)

Chinese: 沖 *d_ruŋ to surge; rise up against.

Kachin: tuŋ¹ to rise, swell as a river.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *th(r)Vŋ ( ~ dh-)

Meaning: clear, pure

Chinese: 澄 *dhrǝŋ limpid, clear.

Tibetan: daŋ be pure.

Burmese: (?) thwaŋ to clear, purify.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*t(h)u]

Meaning: now

Lushai: KC *tu.

Comments: Ngente tu-; Dimasa du-. Sh. 48

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)u (~-iw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nephew

Chinese: 少 *tewʔ-s junior, young (?)

Burmese: tu nephew, son of a man's sister, LB *tu.

Lushai: tu grandchild, KC *tu.

Lepcha: thă a grand-child

Comments: Rawang phǝdu nephew; Trung pǝ³-du¹; Rgyarung temdu. Sh. 48; Ben. 62. Cf. perhaps also OC 叔 *tikʷ ( < *tiw-k?) or *tu-k third to second-to-last of brothers, junior.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thuaŋ

Meaning: short time

Tibetan: thaŋ a very short space of time.

Kachin: toŋ² a short period of time.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thuaŋ ( ~ dh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: empty, hole

Chinese: 盅 *thruŋ, *dhruŋ empty.

Tibetan: doŋ a deep hole, pit, ditch, stoŋ empty, clear, hollow, stoŋs to make empty.

Burmese: twaŋh hole in the ground, pit, thwaŋh to make a hole.

Comments: Rawang duŋ-; Trung duŋ¹ cave. Sh. 51; Ben. 45. Perhaps here Chepang hmo-toŋ, Anong ma.55 doŋ.31 'mouth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thŭH ( ~ dh-)

Meaning: multitude

Chinese: 醜 *thuʔ multitude.

Tibetan: bdo abundance, exuberance, to extend without bounds.

Burmese: thuʔ multitude, abundance.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thŭH ( ~ dh-)

Meaning: ugly, evil

Chinese: 醜 *thuʔ ugly; evil, ominous.

Tibetan: thu, ãthu malicious, wicked, vicious.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thŭH (~ dh-)

Meaning: anus, cunnus

Chinese: 醜 *thuʔ anus.

Tibetan: stu cunnus, orifice of the vagina.

Lepcha: tŭ pudenda muliebria

Kiranti: *thu (/ *ʔt-)

Comments: STEDT 250-254 *s-tu ~ tsu 'vagina' (a confusion with *ʒ́aw q.v.), adding Apatani a-tú 'vagina', Tamang cjum-ṭu, Thakali tu-cham, Chepang tuʔ, Tangut tǝ̣, Qiang stǝ, Gyarong tǝ-stǝ, LB [*tu]. One should also note forms for 'penis' (Lalung tu-dar, Dhimal tau, Tangut thu etc.), collected in STEDT 326-328 under *k-tu-k 'penis'; cf. also MC 屌 tíew 'penis'. [Cf. various Austric: PAA *tuɔj 'tail, vagina', *dʔɔ(ʔ) 'buttocks, PAN *hudi 'buttocks', *bi'tu 'hole'].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thuH (~-iwH)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dig

Burmese: tuh dig, LB *tux.

Kachin: thu² to dig.

Lushai: tuʔ hoe (LS), KC *tuʔ.

Kiranti: *dhǝ́

Comments: Dimasa -du; Namsangia thu-; Rawang du; Trung du². Sh. 48, 404, 427; Ben. 62; Mat. 180. Cf. *tīw(H) 'carve' (the roots may be related).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thuɫ

Meaning: blunt, dull

Chinese: 芚 *d_ūn confused, stupid, 沌 *d_ūn, *d_ūns id., 鈍 *d_ūns dull, 惷 *thunʔ stupid.

Tibetan: rtul blunt, dull, rdol to rave, to delirate, be sleep-walking.

Burmese: thun to become numb, dumb.

Kachin: ton¹ be blunt, dull.

Comments: Simon 28; Coblin 67-68; Gong 66. Cf. Austric: PAA *dʔɨ:l 'shallow', PAN *budul 'dull, blunt'.