Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kan (~ -ɫ, -r)

Meaning: crab

Burmese: kanh-tanh a crab.

Kachin: čǝkhan⁴ a crab.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fry, roast

Burmese: kaŋ to broil, roast, toast.

Kachin: kaŋ² be hot, be dry, as paddy, gǝkaŋ¹ roast, toast, bake.

Lushai: kaŋ (kan) to fry, kaŋ evaporate, dry up; be exposed to the sun (cf. also kāŋ burn).

Kiranti: *kaŋ

Comments: Rawang dǝgaŋ toast; Ao Naga *koŋ 'dry'. Ben 71-2; Mat. 162.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋ

Meaning: fall, prostrate

Chinese: 僵 *kaŋ, *gaŋ prostrate, fall.

Lushai: khaŋ (khan) to place anything long in a horizontal position.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋ ( ~ g-)

Meaning: boundary

Chinese: 疆 *kaŋ boundary.

Burmese: kaŋh be parted from.

Comments: Luce 70.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kaŋ ( ~ Q-)

Meaning: like, be satisfied

Tibetan: skaŋ satisfaction.

Burmese: khaŋ be attached to, like.

Lepcha: kuŋ to agree, to accord with; to be proper

Comments: For Lepcha cf. rather Burm. kauŋh 'be good, fitting'; ? OC 孔 khōŋʔ 'be great, much, very'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋ / *kăk (r-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leg, foot

Chinese: 腳 *kak leg, foot.

Tibetan: rkaŋ foot, leg; marrow.

Burmese: kraŋ-chi marrow.

Kachin: (H) khraŋ a limb.

Lushai: KC: Thado, Mikir keŋ leg, foot.

Lepcha: kăŋ, kóŋ foot

Comments: PG *kaŋ leg; Garo dźa-rikiŋ shin. Simon 16; Ben. 70; Luce 61. Some of the forms reflect the influence of *(r)ghlēŋ marrow (q. v.). Cf. also *(k)rāŋ bone: the three roots are no doubt different, but often confused.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăŋH (~g-, G-)

Meaning: tie, string

Chinese: 繈 *kaŋʔ string, cord, 襁 *kaŋʔ bands by which infants are wrapped and carried on the back.

Kachin: khaŋ² to wind, bandage, lash.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kăt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: run

Burmese: LB *kjat run.

Kachin: gǝgat², (H) kat run.

Lushai: KC *kat.

Comments: Mikir kat; BG: Garo, Bodo khat; Kadu kat. Sh 393, 410; Mat. 200.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kat

Meaning: tough, decisive

Burmese: kat be tough, not to be flexible.

Kachin: dǝkat³ to show temper, decision, "grit".

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kat

Meaning: kick

Burmese: khat to kick.

Kachin: lǝkhat² to kick, as a horse.

Lepcha: kát kát dangling against each other, knocking against each other (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kat

Meaning: to come up, rise

Chinese: 揭 *kat rise, lift

Kiranti: *khät (/g-)

Comments: Cf. PAN *aŋkat 'lift, raise, pick up', *sakat 'rise, climb up'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kat ( ~ Q-)

Meaning: stick, adhere

Tibetan: khad to stick fast, to be seized, stopped.

Burmese: khat to stamp, to brand.

Comments: Cf. PAN *liket, *riket 'sticky, adhesive'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kā

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gourd

Chinese: 葫 *g_ā gourd, 壺 *g_ā flask; bottlegourd.

Tibetan: ka-bed a sort of gourd, ga-gon a melon.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KāH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: joy, happiness

Chinese: 祜 *g_āʔ blessing.

Tibetan: dga to rejoice; joy; glad.

Burmese: LB *m-ga (Mat.) want, like

Comments: STEDT 362-364 *r-ga ~ N-ga ~ d-ga ~ s-ga (including also parallels from Deng, Naga, Bodo-Garo, Qiang, Gyarong etc., but without Chin.).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāH ( ~ g-, q-, G-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: old, ancient

Chinese: 古 *kāʔ ancient.

Tibetan: rga (p. rgas) to be old, aged, rgad, rgan old, aged.

Kachin: (H) lǝga be old, hardened, stiff.

Comments: Ben. 110.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāk ( ~ g-, q-, G-)

Meaning: obstruct, hinder

Chinese: 錮 *kāks obstruct, stop.

Tibetan: ãgag obstruction, stoppage, ãgegs hinder, stop, ãkhegs id. (pf. khegs), ãgogs-pa prevent, avert, bkag to forbid.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ

Meaning: barrier, obstacle

Chinese: 干 *kān shield, 捍 *gāns to ward off, protect.

Tibetan: ãgal be in opposition, contradiction to.

Burmese: ka shield of any kind.

Kachin: (Mat.) mǝga¹ ?, (H) n-ga, n-gaŋ a shield.

Lushai: kalʔ to withstand, oppose, be against.

Lepcha: kál to make a defense or support as against heat of fire

Comments: Mat. 164; Coblin 157. Cf. also *kāɫ pole, club.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver, kidney

Chinese: 肝 *kān liver.

Tibetan: mkhal kidney, reins.

Burmese: khah the loins, waist, small of the back.

Kachin: kan¹ the stomach, belly.

Lushai: kal kidney, KC *m-kal.

Comments: Meithei nam-gal ~ nam-gan, Kham kàl kidney; Chepang kal. Sh. 47; Ben. 18. Some forms reflect *kjVɫ - apparently a merger with *gjV̆nH 'kidney' q.v.: cf. Taraon kɨ.3 jɨŋ.1, Tani *ki, Rengma agen, Tiddim gil 'belly', Magar mi-gin 'heart'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāɫ ( ~ g-, G-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pole, club

Chinese: 干, 竿 *kān pole.

Tibetan: mgal, ãgal a billet of wood.

Kachin: khon² a club, cudgel.

Comments: It is possible that *kāɫ 'pole, club', *kān (~-ɫ) 'knock' and *kāɫ 'barrier, shield' actually represent one and the same original root ('wooden block, cudgel or shield'). Cf. also designations for 'penis' in Kham (or-kal) and Garo gol-teŋ, see STEDT 328-329 *ga[l/r] 'penis'. Cf. *kār.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāl ( ~ g-, q-, G-)

Meaning: piece, portion

Chinese: 個 *kājs one piece.

Tibetan: skal portion, share