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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Hīr]
Meaning: smoke
Chinese: 煙 *ʔīn
Comments: Cf. Rawang mǝ-er, Dulong mɨ-ɨ 'smoke'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *HʷVr
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: red
Lepcha: a-hyir
Kiranti: *hä̀l
Comments: Cf. also: Dhimal i-ka, Mikir er, Gurung *ol 'red'. The forms may actually represent compounds of *ʔʷīj 'blood' with some obscure second component(s).
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jă
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: field, plain
Chinese: 野 *liaʔ field, open country outside cities
Burmese: ja cultivated spot of ground.
Kachin: lǝja1 a plain.
Kiranti: *ja
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*ja]
Meaning: say, speak
Comments: The root is reflected in: Bugun ja, Motuo jek, Konyak *ʔe, Naga *yo, Sichuan *jV 'say'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jă (/ *ră ?) (k-)
Meaning: right
Tibetan: g-jas right.
Burmese: lak-ja right, as opposit to left, ńa id.
Kachin: khra3 right (side).
Lepcha: gjo-m
Comments: BG: Garo dźak-ra, Dimasa yau-gada; Kham yai-pā. Sh. 42; Ben. 34; Luce 6; Mat. 190. Here also probably some TB words for 'good': Lepcha rju, Tib. ja-g, Pumi *je, *r-je.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăH ( / *jăŋH)
Meaning: itch
Chinese: 癢 *laŋʔ itch.
Tibetan: g-ja to itch.
Burmese: jah to itch.
Kachin: kǝja3 to itch.
Lushai: za to tickle, to itch, KC *ya.
Lepcha: ǯak to itch, to tickle, to titillate
Kiranti: *jà(k)
Comments: Sh. 42; Ben. 113; Mat. 193; Luce 6. The Chinese form quite clearly belongs here, despite its attribution in STEDT 364-366 to *jăŋ 'love', which itself has a quite satisfactory Chin. match.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăH
Meaning: millet
Chinese: 黍 *slaʔ (~ŝ-) millet.
Kachin: ja1 millet.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăH (n-)
Meaning: night
Chinese: 夜 *lia(k)s night.
Burmese: ńaʔ night (also ńaṇ́ʔ).
Lushai: zān night, KC *yan (Thado yan), *ŋ-ya.
Comments: Mikir dźo; Thankur khǝŋǝya; Digaro ya-bo; Miri yo; Rawang ya, Trung ja1-dǝŋ2; Chepang ya. Sh. 190; Ben. 100; Luce 3.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jak ( -e-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: scratch, scrape
Burmese: jak strike with a stroke towards one's self, scratch.
Lushai: ziat (ziaʔ) to scrape (as with a knife, etc) (cf. also hiat (hiaʔ) to scratch, clean out).
Comments: Ben. 55.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăk
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: armpit
Chinese: 亦, 掖 *liak armpit.
Burmese: gjak-kaʔ-li armpit.
Lushai: zak armpit, KC *yak.
Comments: Newari ya-kō. Sh. 160; Ben. 34.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăk
Meaning: shame
Kachin: gǝjaʔ2 be ashamed.
Lushai: zak (zaʔ) shy, modest, ashamed, KC *yak.
Kiranti: *jak
Comments: Ben. 113.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jă(k) / *jăŋ
Meaning: goat, yak
Chinese: 羊 *laŋ sheep, goat.
Tibetan: g-jag the yak.
Kachin: ja3 a wild goat.
Lepcha: jók a yak, Bos grunniens
Comments: Trung jăʔ mongrel; Yamphu jǟ-suba 'goat'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jam
Meaning: itch
Burmese: jah-jam to itch.
Kachin: (Mat.) jam1 itch.
Comments: Mat. 170.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jam (r-)
Meaning: salt
Chinese: 鹽 *lam salt; 鹹 *grǝ̄m salt, salty.
Tibetan: rgjam-chwa a k. of salt, like crystal, lgyjam-chwa a k. of rock-salt.
Burmese: jamh gunpowder, saltpetre.
Kachin: jam1 a k. of salt.
Lepcha: vóm salt
Kiranti: *rùm
Comments: Ben. 57; Mat. 184. Cf. also scattered Austric forms: Thai ra:m 'good taste', Khmer kra:m 'saltpeter', Viet. rùm 'rock salt'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jaŋ
Meaning: sheep
Chinese: 羊 *laŋ sheep, ram.
Tibetan: yaŋ-ra buck, ram, he-goat (W).
Comments: Trung jăŋ2 ram; Rgyarung (ki)-yo sheep. Sh 121.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*jaŋ]
Meaning: penis
Lushai: KC *yaŋ penis.
Comments: Midźhu yaŋ. Sh. 182. STEDT 320-321 *z(y)aŋ (why z-?) 'penis, testicle'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jăŋ
Meaning: luck, happiness
Chinese: 祥 *lhaŋ happy omen, auspicious, felicitous; lucky day.
Tibetan: g-jaŋ happiness, blessing.
Comments: Bod. 95. Cf. STEDT 364-365 *yaŋ 'love, desire'. It is not quite clear whether the meaning 'copulate' attested only in Baima is archaic; if it is, the root could be ultimately = *jaŋ 'penis' q.v.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jaŋ
Meaning: nest; placenta
Burmese: ă-khjaŋh placenta
Lepcha: a-jeŋ-tjol, a-jeŋ-čot placenta
Kiranti: *jaŋ
Comments: STEDT 291-292 *k-yaŋ (also listing Chepang khojoŋ, Magari kojo, Tamang khjaŋ 'cradle').
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jāŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: light (in weight); thin
Tibetan: jaŋ-po light (in weight); kjaŋ straight, slender.
Burmese: kjaŋ be thin, slender.
Lushai: zāŋ (zān) be light in weight; be easy, KC *yāŋʔ.
Kiranti: *jaŋ
Comments: Trung ńaŋ2 light in weight; PG *jàŋ light (in weight; Thebor yāŋ (-ko) id.; Miju kɨ-juŋ, Sulung *yVŋ 'small'. There is also a number of not quite clear forms: Jnp. caŋ ( < *k-jaŋ ?), Mikir ardźaŋ, BG: Dimasa redźeŋ, Garo rittśeŋ (Sh. 42, 136; Ben. 71). A form like *K-jaŋ could give rise to OCh. 輕 *kheŋ light; the latter form, however, can also be reconstructed as *khleŋ and compared to PLB *laŋ light.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jāp
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fan
Tibetan: jab fan, g-job (p. g-jobs) to move about, to swing, brandish.
Burmese: jap to fan; to wave (hand); a fan.
Lushai: zāp (zaʔ) to fan, winnow; KC *jāpʔ.
Comments: Mikir hi-ǯap, Banpara raŋ-zep; ?BG: Dimasa ǯau, Garo čo row, paddle, dig; Miri mǝyap. Sh. 430, Ben 32. ? Cf. also Jnp. lǝyit2 to fan.
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