Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŏŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: elbow

Burmese: lǝtauŋ the elbow.

Kachin: doŋ² a cubit.

Lushai: toŋ a cubit, KC *toŋ.

Comments: Sh. 48; Mat. 164. Here also Rabha cá-kha-thoŋ 'knee'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Toŋ ( ~ s-)

Meaning: thousand

Chinese: 眾 tuŋs numerous, multitude

Tibetan: stoŋ thousand.

Burmese: thauŋ 1000, LB *stuŋ.

Comments: Sh. 45; Ben. 21. Cf. also Trung ti tuŋ ŋai 1000, ti tuŋ gra 10000.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Toŋ / *Ton

Meaning: plough, harrow

Tibetan: thoŋ a plough.

Burmese: thwan harrow.

Comments: Benedict 1975: 94.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Toŋ (~-u-)

Meaning: dull, stupid

Chinese: 憃 *toŋ, *thrōŋ, *throŋs stupid.

Burmese: thǝuŋh be dull, stupid, deaf.

Lepcha: toŋ-toŋ, sŭŋ-toŋ, a-njor sŭŋ-toŋ deaf

Comments: Cf. PAA *Tuŋ 'deaf', Tai *tɨŋ 'deaf'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŏŋ(H)

Meaning: go to, come to

Chinese: 踵 *toŋʔ go to; frequently visit.

Tibetan: ãdoŋ (p., i., doŋ, ãdoŋ) to go, to proceed, ãdaŋ come to, arrive, gtoŋ (p. btaŋ, f. gtaŋ, i. toŋ) let go, send.

Burmese: tǝuŋ to arrive, reach, attain.

Lushai: toŋ (ton) to meet, come across, arrive, to match.

Comments: ? PG *Toŋ^L to go out.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŏp (~-ŭ-)

Meaning: suddenly

Kachin: gǝdup² to meet suddenly and unexpectedly.

Lushai: top suddenly.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŏr (~-ŭ-)

Meaning: worry, be anxious

Chinese: 惴 *tors anxious, 顓 *tor attentive, respectful.

Lushai: tur to worry, bother.

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

Meaning: top, upper

Tibetan: stod the upper, higher; thod (C) over, above the door.

Burmese: ǝthwat top; head ornament, crown.

Comments: Luce 48.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōj (~ d-; /-n)

Meaning: high, elevated

Chinese: 堆 *tūj mound, 頓 *tūns hill.

Tibetan: mtho be high, elevated, mthos high, elevated, mthon high, elevated.

Kachin: (H) mǝtho high, pinnacle.

Lepcha: thu to be high, high in place, degree

Comments: Ben. 59.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōk

Meaning: fight, strike, wrangle

Chinese: 鬥 *t(r)ōks quarrel, wrangle; 啄 *trōk to peck; 椓 *trōk to beat, strike; castrate.

Tibetan: rdug (p. brdugs, f. brdug) to conquer, to vanquish, destroy; to strike against; rdog to kick.

Burmese: tǝuk to fight, swoop, raid (of bandits); LB *thuk to peck.

Kachin: ? gǝthok²-gǝthak² brawl; ǝthok² to touch lightly.

Kiranti: *[th]úk

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōk (~ d-; r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dirt, mud

Chinese: 濁 *trōk muddled, muddly.

Tibetan: rtug excrement, dirt.

Lepcha: tóŋ to be covered with dirt (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōl(H)

Meaning: shake, move

Chinese: 揣 *tōrʔ ( ~ *tōjʔ) shake, move.

Tibetan: brdul to swing, brandish.

Burmese: twij to swing, straddle.

Lushai: tolʔ to shift, move, move along; to shift or move with a sliding motion.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 211.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tō̆nH ( ~ -ɫH)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cut

Chinese: 斷 *tōnʔ cut off, 剸 *tonʔ, dōn to cut, 膞 *ton, *tonʔ, donʔ cut meat.

Kachin: don¹ to cut.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōŋ / *tōn (~ d-)

Meaning: winter, autumn

Chinese: 冬 *tūŋ winter.

Tibetan: ston autumn.

Kachin: ginthoŋ³ the dry season.

Comments: Here perhaps Tani *doŋ 'rain'. Cf. PAN *rendeŋ 'wet season, winter'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōŋ (~d-)

Meaning: strike, pound

Chinese: 鍛 *tōns to hammer, forge; strike.

Tibetan: rduŋ (p. brduŋs, f. brduŋ, i. (b)rduŋ(s)) to beat, to strike.

Burmese: thauŋh to pound, LB *thuŋx.

Kachin: thoŋ² kick forward.

Comments: PG *toN pound grain. Cf. also OCh. 撞 *drōŋ(s) to strike (Coblin 40).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōŋH / *tōnH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: short

Chinese: 短 *tōnʔ short (cf. also 種 *toŋʔ short (e. g. hair)).

Tibetan: thuŋ short, rtuŋ (p. brtuŋs, f. brtuŋ, stuŋ) make shorter, stuŋ (p. bstuŋs, f. bstuŋ, i. stuŋs) id.

Burmese: tauŋh be short as garment.

Kachin: gǝdun² be short.

Lepcha: tan to be short, small; ten to be short; short; to shorten

Kiranti: *Tɔŋ

Comments: Simon 26. Cf. Limbu tɔ:ŋmaʔ 'be short'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōr ( ~ d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of garment

Chinese: � *tōr black straight robe.

Tibetan: dor breeches, trousers.

Comments: Cf. also Tib. thul a furred coat or cloak.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōt (~ d-)

Meaning: stick, stake

Chinese: 祋 *tōts baton.

Tibetan: rtod, gtod, btod a stake for tedding.

Burmese: tut, thut a stick.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tōt (~-ū-)

Meaning: cut

Chinese: 剟 *tōt cut.

Kachin: dut² to cut, to sever.

Lepcha: tat, a-tat notched, cut in notches like a saw; tjót to chop, to mince in numerous pieces as meat, to hew, to cut down in numbers (as men, trees, etc.)

Comments: Trung dɔt¹, tɔt¹.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ăk

Meaning: put, pack

Chinese: 著 *trak to place, put, apply.

Tibetan: teg (i. tog) to pack up, put up, put into, ãthegs pack up; theg lift, raise, be able to carry; ãdeg(s) (p. bteg(s), f. gteg, i. theg) to lift, to raise, to support, to weigh.

Kachin: dik³ to put, pack, crowd or jam into.

Kiranti: *tä́k

Comments: The meanings 'lift, support' in Tib. and Kiranti are probably due to contamination with another root, see *thɨāk lift, support. In Chinese one could also compare 寘 *teks 'to place, put down', 置 *trǝks id.