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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*wa]
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cattle
Tibetan: ba cow.
Comments: Tsangla wa cow (see Ben. 31).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wă(H)
Meaning: axe
Chinese: 鈇 *pa, 斧 *paʔ axe.
Kachin: niŋwa1, nwa1 axe.
Comments: BG: Garo rua, Dimasa roa; Chang wo. Ben. 109.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăH
Meaning: father; man, male
Chinese: 父 *baʔ father; old man.
Kachin: wa1 man, male, kǝwa2 father.
Lepcha: ăvo husband
Kiranti: *[w]àt-c1ǝ̀
Comments: KC: Haka va; Lakher ǝwa husband; Dhimal wa-val man; wa-dźan boy; Kadu ǝwa; Moshang wa; Bunan ǝwa father; Karen *khwV.T 'man'. Ben. 19, 35.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *waj (~ Qʷ-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: foreigner
Burmese: wajh to speak with an accent.
Lushai: vai a foreigner.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăjH ( ~ -ĕ-)
Meaning: left
Burmese: lak-wajh left hand.
Lushai: vei left.
Lepcha: vi-m left
Kiranti: *pe-ŋ
Comments: Mikir ar-vi left; Thangkur wui-śoŋ left. Ben. 24-25. Cf. *phaj. Since "left" is "good" in the ST tradition, one can also compare some words meaning "good": Manu (Karen) wɛ.33 lẹ.11, Bugun wie, Aka *vi, Naga *kǝ-vi. Cf. Austric: PAA *wiɛr / *weʔ 'left (side)', PAN *wiRi id.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*wak]
Meaning: half
Burmese: wak to halve, ǝwak half.
Comments: Rgyarung ǝphak half. Ben. 24, 122.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăk
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: pig
Tibetan: phag swine, pig.
Burmese: wak pig, LB *wakx.
Kachin: waʔ2 pig.
Lushai: vok domestic pig, KC *ok-фak.
Kiranti: *ʔpǝk
Comments: BG: Garo wak, Dimasa ho; Moshang vak; Namsangia vak; Trung wăʔ1. Sh. 43, 409, 431; Ben. 23; Mat. 202. Here probably also Mikir ok 'meat'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăr
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fire, burn
Chinese: 燔 *b_ar burn, roast.
Tibetan: ãbar to burn, sbor (p., f. sbar) to light, kindle.
Kachin: wan2 fire.
Comments: BG: Garo wa'al fire, Dimasa wai fire; Moshang vaŕ; Namsangia van; Nung hwar burn, kindle; Chairel phal fire; Miri par light (as a fire); Kanauri bar burn (intr.), par (tr.). Sh. 431; Ben. 50.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăr
Meaning: a beast of prey
Chinese: 羆 *p(r)aj ( ~ *p(r)ej) brown-and-white bear.
Tibetan: phar wild dog.
Burmese: LB *wan wolf.
Comments: Bodo mu-pur bear; Kham pǝ̀r wolf.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*was]
Meaning: honey
Lepcha: vot honey
Comments: Kanauri was honey; Vayu siŋ-wo. Ben. 17.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wăt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leech
Tibetan: sriŋ-bu-pad-ma leech (sriŋ-bu insect, worm).
Burmese: kjwat leech, LB *kr-watx.
Kachin: wot2 leech.
Lushai: vaŋ-vat a land-leech, KC *t-r-wat (also *m-pāt ?).
Lepcha: kă-hom-fót very small sp. of leech
Kiranti: *bhét ( / *bhén )
Comments: PG *tipìt (~ -è-) land leech; Angami reva; Mikir iŋphat; Nung dǝ-phat; BG: Garo ru'at, Dimasa ro-ma; Moshang tă-wat; Kham pǝtī; Miri tǝpat; Digaro kǝpe; Karen: Taungthu tǝwaʔ, Pwo waʔ~ɵǝwaʔ, Sgaw ɵuʔ (Ben. 132; but ibid. p.138 - Sgaw waʔ), Palaychi lǝro land leech. Sh. 43, 201, 410, 430; Ben. 24, 103, 132, 138; Mat. 203.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā
Meaning: chew, bite
Chinese: 哺 *bās to chew; to suck (breast).
Burmese: wah to chew.
Kachin: gǝwa3 to bite.
Comments: BG: Dimasa wai, Bodo wat ~ ot. Ben. 101; Mat. 193; Luce 8. Cf. Sherpa phe.LR- 'bite', perhaps also Qiang χbe.33 id., Karen *ʔɔ.1L 'drink', Kham o.1 id.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cane, bamboo
Chinese: 蒲 *bhā rush, reed; willow.
Tibetan: spa, sba cane.
Burmese: wah bamboo, LB *wax.
Kachin: kǝwa3 bamboo.
Lushai: rua (ro) a bamboo, KC *k-wa(?).
Kiranti: *[ʔp]a
Comments: BG: Garo waʔa, Dimasa wa; Moshang wa; Namsangia va; ? PG *mà cane (like bamboo). Sh. 431; Ben. 24; Mat. 193; Luce 8; Coblin 38-39 (compares OCh. 笆 *prā, *phrās a k. of prickly bamboo).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (/*wāk)
Meaning: kinship term
Chinese: 伯 *prāk eldest brother, eldest (?)
Tibetan: a-baŋ the husband of father's or the mother's sister.
Burmese: LB: Lashi vaŋ-mo father's older sister's husband,husband's father, Lisu a-wɔ father's brother.
Kiranti: *phǝ̀ŋ(V)
Comments: BG: Garo a-waŋ father's younger brother, Bod poŋ younger brother; Nung a-waŋ father's brother; Chepang paŋ; Limbu phaŋ-ā; Vayu poŋ-poŋ; Kham bǝyN-ni younger sister. Ben. 23.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāŋ (~Qʷ-)
Meaning: cave, hole
Kachin: lǝwaŋ1 a cave, a vault.
Lushai: KC > Tiddim wāŋ hole.
Comments: [Most probably same root as *qhōŋ.]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāp
Meaning: fall
Chinese: 沛 *pāts ( < *pāps) fall down, collapse.
Tibetan: phab to fall down, ãbab (p. bab(s), i. ãbob, bobs) to descend, fall down, ãbebs (p. phab, f. dbab, i. phob) throw down, cast down.
Burmese: wap to fall face on the ground.
Comments: Bod. 49; Coblin 76.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wār
Meaning: white
Chinese: 皤 *bār, *pār white.
Lushai: vār be white; be light (not dark).
Lepcha: ŭr yellow
Comments: Cf. Burm. phwijh be very white, snow-white, Bodo búr become white. Karen *bwV white.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wāt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flower
Burmese: wat, LB *wat.
Comments: Rawang -wăt; Gurung tapat. Sh. 403; Ben. 24. Cf. OCh. 茇 *pāt roots of grass, 胈 *pāt small hairs on body; Tani *wit 'feather, hair'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wǝ̆j(H)
Meaning: fat
Chinese: 肥 *bǝj fat
Burmese: waʔ fat, satiated.
Comments: Cf. also Tani *ʔ(V)u (Gallong au, Miri u etc.) 'fat'. For Chin. cf. alternatively Burm. phih 'be thick, corpulent'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wɨ̆w
Meaning: float
Chinese: 浮 *bhu to float.
Kachin: wo3 to float, not to sink.
Lepcha: fa swim
Comments: Cf. also Yogli (Konyak) kham-vai, Naga *vɨ 'swim'.
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