Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KālH (?)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: importance; possibility

Chinese: 可 *khājʔ can, able, may (cf. also 哿 *kājʔ good, passable, all right).

Tibetan: gal importance; to force, to press smth. on a person.

Burmese: LB *kaj good

Kachin: mǝka (H) ability, skills

Lepcha: khŭ 1.to be able, to be capable 2.to be well, to be in condition (?)

Comments: Chepang khaaŋ (?); Yogli akhul good. Bod. 138. Uncertain. Perhaps two roots: one with *-l (possibly = *k(h)ăɫ 'work' q.v.), another with *-j, actively interfering with each other.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*kām]

Meaning: having a specific taste (sweet ~ bitter)

Chinese: 甘 *kām sweet.

Comments: PG *kam bitter.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kām

Meaning: desire

Tibetan: rkam to desire, to long; longing; skam to long for; longing (cf. also skom thirst, to thirst, skjem to be thirsty, skjems thirst).

Burmese: khamʔ be pleasant, attractive.

Kachin: kam¹ be willing.

Comments: Cf. *gh(j)ăm 'satisfied' (the roots could have mutually influenced each other).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kān ( ~ g-, q-)

Meaning: piece, part

Chinese: 干 *kān piece, part.

Tibetan: khan piece, part.

Comments: Peiros-Starostin 216.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kān (~g-,-ɫ)

Meaning: knock, kick

Chinese: 干 *kān knock against, violate, butt.

Burmese: kan to kick.

Comments: Cf. *kāɫ pole, club.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kānH / *kāt

Meaning: sulphur

Burmese: kanʔ sulphur.

Kachin: kan³ sulphur (probably from Burm.).

Lushai: kāt sulphur or brimstone.

Comments: Sh. 411.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ

Meaning: hard, tense

Chinese: 剛 *kāŋ hard, strong, 鋼 *kāŋ steel.

Kachin: kaŋ¹ be stretched, tense, taut.

Comments: Cf. *g(h)ăŋH, *qhăŋ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ ( ~ *g-)

Meaning: penis, male

Chinese: 犅 *kāŋ bull

Lepcha: suŋ-gaŋ penis

Comments: STEDT 341-342 *gaŋ 'penis, male' (also listing Mikir chò-kàŋ 'penis', Garo ri-gaŋ id., Manchati gàŋ-mì 'male').

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hill

Chinese: 岡 *kāŋ hill, ridge.

Tibetan: sgaŋ hill, side of a larger moutain.

Burmese: khaŋ hilly ridge or spur.

Kachin: ǯiŋkhaŋ², nkhaŋ² the top of a hill, a hill.

Comments: Simon 15; Mat. 167; Luce 70; Coblin 94. Cf. also Thakali kɛŋ 'mountain'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dry

Chinese: 乾 *kār dry (cf. also 旱 *ghānʔ drought, dry).

Burmese: kanh to dry up, khanh to be dried up, exhausted as liquid.

Kachin: ka² be dried up (?).

Comments: Mat. 180; Luce 52. Loss of final consonant in Jnp. is not clear (Matissoff cites the form as kan², which is probably Jnp. kan² coagulated, see *kān). Cf. also Gurung *khar, Kaike khar-pa, Rourou ka.44, Bugun gau 'dry'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār ( ~ g-, G-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stick

Chinese: 榦 *kār-s `post, pole'

Tibetan: mkhar-ba 'staff, stick'

Lepcha: gar-nek 'penis'?

Comments: Cf. *kāɫ.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kār ( ~ kh-, g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: white

Chinese: 翰 *g_ār(s) white (of a horse).

Tibetan: gar, dkar, bkar white, whitish, grey.

Burmese: ? ćaŋ-kraj clean, pure (Luce).

Comments: ? PG *tar. Sh. 125; Luce 19; Peiros-Starostin 211.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kārH (~g-)

Meaning: division, separate

Chinese: 幹 *kārs framework; posts in framework used in rearing earth walls.

Tibetan: dgar to separate, confine, fold up (men, cattle, goods).

Burmese: kanʔ to intercept, thwart of a boat.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k[ā]t (~ q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of cloth, garment

Chinese: 毼 *g_āt felt, 褐 *g_āt hair cloth, coarse cloth.

Tibetan: khud coat-lap, or any cloth serving in an emergency as a vessel; pocket, pouch.

Kachin: kat² be close-fitting, tight, as a garment.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Ke / *Kek]

Meaning: neck

Tibetan: ske

Comments: Rather dubious: besides Tibetan, attested only in Kanauri kak'ts, Chepang kǝc, Jiarong tǝ-mkɨ 'neck'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ke(j)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bear, give birth

Tibetan: skje (p. skjes) to be born, skjed (p. bskjed) to generate, produce, skjed growth, increase etc., skjes man, male person.

Burmese: kjah man; LB: Akha cì to give birth.

Kachin: git³ be reborn.

Lepcha: gjek to bring forth, to give birth to; to be born, to be generated, to be created (life)

Kiranti: *gi(k) (/ʔk-)

Comments: STEDT 153-154 *s-kye-k 'born, give birth' (adding also Bahing gi-gi, kik-, but not listing Lepcha or Jingpo; note that Thul. kǝks- is separately compared with Tangkhul khak 'breath, life' under *kak ~ *gak 'life, born' in STEDT 155-156 which is hardly plausible).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kej ( ~ -ǝ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leopard, tiger

Burmese: khjij-sać leopard cat.

Kachin: khaŋ¹-khji² leopard.

Lushai: kei, sa-kei tiger, leopard, KC *t-kei.

Kiranti: *ke-ba

Comments: Miri si-ke. Sh. 22; Ben. 116; Mat. 177.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kem

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cold

Burmese: khjamh be cold, freeze.

Kiranti: *gä̀m ( ~ -ǝ-)

Comments: Ben. 51; Mat. 177. Cf. also Konyak Wancho raŋ-kam 'cold'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ken (r-)

Meaning: time, occasion

Tibetan: rkjen cause, occasion, event.

Burmese: ǝkrin time; from time to time.

Comments: Luce 56.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ken (~ -i-)

Meaning: feel stiff, have cramps

Burmese: kjinh to gripe, have cramps.

Kachin: kjin² feel stiff, aching, as when fever is coming on (possibly from Burm.).

Lepcha: kin kin dăk to have griping pains (in stomach)