Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ăn / *t(r)ăŋ ( ~ d-)

Meaning: lame, limp

Chinese: 迍邅 *trun-tran be impaired (of movement; *trun and *tran can also be used separately).

Tibetan: ãthaŋ a bodily defect or deformity, theŋ, ãtheŋ lame, hobbling.

Kachin: go¹-thon² lame, (H) thon to limp.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ǝ̆k (~ dh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: straight, level

Chinese: 直 *d_rǝk straight, right

Kachin: numdaʔ² level (road).

Comments: Cf. *tǝ̆k.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ǝ̆m (~d-)

Meaning: strike

Chinese: 揕 *trǝms to strike.

Kachin: kǝtham¹ to strike, cut.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *trǝ̆t [change the OC form to *trits ~ *trǝts)

Meaning: promise, gage

Chinese: 質 *trits gage, hostage; gift.

Tibetan: ćhad promise, engagement, agreement; gift, sacrifice.

Kachin: (H) ndat to promise, to pledge.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ĭn

Meaning: press

Chinese: 鎮 *trin, *trins press down.

Kachin: din³ to kill, as lice or maggots by pressing with the nail of the thumb.

Comments: Cf. PAN *ketil 'pinch, nip'

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *T(r)in (~-ɫ)

Meaning: a k. of ear ornament

Chinese: 瑱 *trins, *thīns jade pendant covering the ear.

Kachin: lǝdan³ a k. of car ornament, (H) lǝtan id.

Comments: Cf. Austric 'ear'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *T-rĭw

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: day, noon

Chinese: 晝 *triws time of daylight, day.

Tibetan: dro, dros noon.

Comments: Bod. 172. Cf. Austric: PAN *uRtuh 'noon, mid-day', ? PAA *tVʔ 'hot'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *trɨaɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: soil belonging to a village, convent

Chinese: 廛 *d_ran soil belonging to one peasant family.

Tibetan: źol village belonging to a convent.

Burmese: twij a group of people.

Kachin: (H) uthon a village.

Lushai: tual the street; a person belonging to the village (not a stranger).

Lepcha: tjol village

Kiranti: *dèl

Comments: Bahing dyal; Kulung tel. Ben. 52.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ŏ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stem, stump

Chinese: 株 *tro tree-root, tree-stem.

Kachin: ndu² a stump.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 檮 *d_ū block of wood. The relationship to Bodo *dǝr 'root' is possible.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t]rol (~-ua-)

Meaning: follow, pursue, trail

Chinese: 追 *truj pursue, escort.

Tibetan: ãʒ́ol train, trail, retinue.

Lushai: dōl to follow next in succession, rank.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*T(r)oŋH]

Meaning: heavy

Chinese: 重 *dhroŋʔ

Comments: Cf. also Karen *thVN, Tujia tu 'heavy'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ŭH (~d-)

Meaning: knee, elbow

Chinese: 肘 *truʔ (~-iwʔ) wrist, elbow.

Burmese: duh knee.

Lepcha: thu the elbow in comp.: ká-thu

Comments: Miri lag-du elbow. Ben. 21. Cf. also Bodo an-tu, Konyak ya-tu, Mao (Naga) to-khrɨ elbow. Cf. PAN *tudu 'knee'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[t](r)ut

Meaning: sprout

Chinese: 茁 *trut to sprout.

Kachin: (H) šǝtut to raise, as flowers; to grow, as hair, mǝtut new paddy from 3 to 6 inches high.

Lushai: dōt (doʔ) to pierce, stick in, to sprout up.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ŭt (~ d-)

Meaning: bend

Chinese: 絀 *trut bend.

Tibetan: ãtud (p. btud, f. gdud, i. dud, thud) to bend or bow down, to make a bow, ãdud (p. btud etc.) to bend or bow down.

Burmese: tut to bend without breaking, to kneel.

Comments: Luce 50. The OCh. form may be fictitious; it occurs since Late Zhou and is sometimes regarded as a loan for 屈 *khut to bend.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)V̆p (~d-)

Meaning: hobble, bind

Chinese: 馽 *trip (~-ǝp) to hobble, bind the front feet of a horse, 縶 *trip rope, tether, bind.

Tibetan: tup to tie together, as the hands and feet.

Comments: Cf. *[t]ūp.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tŭ-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: who, interrogative pronoun

Chinese: 誰 *duj, 疇 *dru who.

Tibetan: du how many.

Burmese: ǝti which.

Kachin: gǝde², mǝde⁴ how many?.

Lushai: tu who? whose?.

Lepcha: to pron. rel. interr. who, which, what

Comments: Cf. Kulung da:lɔi 'when', da:nai 'how', deppɔi 'how many'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*tu]

Meaning: round, circle

Chinese: 周 tu to encircle, circle

Comments: Cf. Bodo bi-tǝ, Konyak tui 'round'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Tu]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: smoke

Tibetan: du

Comments: Cf. Kanauri dŭ-böŋ, Miji thuŋ (with a nasal suffix) id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tu ( ~ d-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: province, end of the road

Chinese: 州 *tu province; island in a river

Tibetan: mdo district, province, end

Comments: Cf. [*tu].

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tu (~ d-)

Meaning: a k. of garment

Chinese: 裯 *dru, tū (night) chemise.

Tibetan: thu skirt, coat-flap.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. (since Han) 裋 *d_oʔ robe made of poor cloth. Tib. ćhu coat, man's dress may be a later loanword.