Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χāk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: phlegm

Burmese: hak phlegm.

Lushai: hāk catch one's breath; swallow the wrong way, cf. also khak to try to eject forcibly from the throat, (Ben.) khāk phlegm.

Kiranti: *khák

Comments: Sgaw kǝhaʔ phlegm; Mikir tśiŋ khak expectorate, cough up; phlegm. Ben. 71, 133.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χāɫ

Meaning: snore, snort

Chinese: 鼾 *xān to snore.

Tibetan: hal-ba to pant, wheeze, snort.

Comments: Coblin 135-136; Gong 64.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χānH ( ~ -ɫH)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: net

Chinese: 罕 *xānʔ net.

Kachin: (H) khan to fish with a casting net.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χǝ̆p

Meaning: join, bring together

Chinese: 翕 *xǝp to bring together; get together, conform, be concordant.

Burmese: hap to join, unite.

Kiranti: *khop

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χiǝl

Meaning: dry

Chinese: 晞 *xǝj first light of the sun; to dry.

Lushai: hil nearly dry.

Kiranti: *he[r]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χĭw(s)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: water, moisture

Tibetan: hus moisture, humidity; khu-ba fluid, liquid.

Kachin: khoʔ² to spill.

Lushai: huʔ wet.

Kiranti: *kù

Comments: Chepang hus dew. Sh. 41; Ben. 2, 17. STEDT 380 *ku 'water, body fluid'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[χ]lāH

Meaning: tiger

Chinese: 虎 *x(l)āʔ tiger.

Burmese: kjah (OB kla) tiger.

Lepcha: kă-hla a panther

Comments: Possibly borrowed from some Austroasiatic source, cf. PAA *kla 'tiger' (see Peiros 1998, 227).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χrap

Meaning: scrape, graze

Burmese: hrap to touch lightly, graze; scuffle.

Kachin: (H) ǝkhrap to scrape, as a road, with a hoe.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χrup ( ~ -o-)

Meaning: inhale, sip

Burmese: hrup to inhale, sniff.

Kachin: mǝrop² to sniff.

Lepcha: hŭp a sip, gulp, háp to suck

Kiranti: *hóp

Comments: Dimasa surup sip, lap, smoke. Ben. 81.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χŭ

Meaning: smoke, vapour

Chinese: 熏 *xun to smoke, steam.

Tibetan: (W) hu breath.

Lushai: hu vapour, gas, steam.

Comments: ? Trung ǝ¹. Ben. 17. If the original meaning was 'breath', cf. perhaps also OC 休 *xu 'to rest' ( < 'breathe'?). Cf. Austric: PAA *huj 'smoke', PAN *bahu(-an) 'odor, stench'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χuak ( ~ *χʷak, χʷǝk)

Meaning: concave

Burmese: hauk, hǝuk be concave.

Kachin: khoʔ³ be concave (if not < Burm. khwak, see *guăk).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[χʷ]ār(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: joy

Chinese: 歡 *xʷār rejoice.

Burmese: kwanʔ to enjoy one's self.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χʷelH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: burn

Chinese: 燬 *xʷejʔ blazing fire

Lushai: hāl burn

Kiranti: *wä̀l

Comments: Here Rawang whǝR, perhaps Karen Pao kho.55 'burn'. Cf. PAA *ʔu:lh 'fire' (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *χʷV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to speak

Chinese: 云 *wǝn, 曰 *wat, 謂 *wǝts 'to say, speak'

Burmese: hu (arch.) 'to speak, talk'

Kachin: hɔ 'to preach'

Comments: Not quite reliable phonologically (one should rather expect *xʷ- in Chinese).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒaj

Meaning: clay, sand

Tibetan: rʒa 'clay'

Kachin: zai²-bru² sand.

Lepcha: ǯí sand

Comments: The root is to be distinguished from *srāj q.v. Cf. also Naga *kǝ-ʒV, Magar ʒha, Rourou źo.33, Sichuan *Ca 'earth'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́aj(H)

Meaning: smile, tease

Kachin: sai¹ to smile.

Lushai: čhaiʔ to tease; play with.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́al

Meaning: question, consult

Burmese: ćhijh to ask.

Kachin: san³ to ask, question, inquire.

Lushai: čhāl to question.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́aw (~-iw)

Meaning: vulva

Burmese: ćaw (vulg.) female genitalia.

Lushai: čhu the vulva.

Comments: STEDT 250-254 (confused with *thŭH q.v.), adding many Kuki-Chin and Naga forms and Palaychi zu 'vagina'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́ā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: go, advance

Chinese: 徂 ʒ́_ā advance, go to.

Tibetan: ćha to go.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒāj(H)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: white, brilliant

Chinese: 瑳 *chājʔ white and brilliant.

Tibetan: gzi shine, brightness.

Burmese: sa to shine (of moon, sun).

Kachin: (H) ǯan ze to shine, as the sun (ǯan).

Kiranti: Kulung cha-ma blaze