Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝr (~ Q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stone

Tibetan: gor a general name for stone; stones, rubble.

Burmese: khajh stone.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KǝrH

Meaning: tarry, linger

Tibetan: ãgor to tarry, linger, loiter.

Burmese: kranʔ to delay, be delayed.

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

Meaning: purple, brown

Chinese: 紺 *kǝ̄ms purple.

Tibetan: kham-pa fox-coloured, sorrel, brownish.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̄mH

Meaning: feel

Chinese: 感 *kǝ̄mʔ feeling, sentiment.

Tibetan: sgom-pa (p. bsgoms, f. bsgom, i. sgom(s) ) to fancy, imagine, meditate.

Kachin: kam² to believe.

Lushai: kam to worry, to bother.

Kiranti: *khem ( ~ *ʔk-)

Comments: Cf. PAN *agam 'consider, think'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̄m(H) (~g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hold in mouth

Chinese: 含 *gǝ̄m hold in the mouth.

Tibetan: ãgam put or throw into the mouth (p. (b)gams, f. bgom, i. goms), ãkham take into mouth.

Burmese: khwamʔ to put into the mouth, as food.

Kiranti: *ʔkä̀m

Comments: Miri gam seize (with teeth). Simon 22; Ben. 166.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̄w (~g-)

Meaning: cross, crossing, lattice

Chinese: 構, 冓 *kōs lattice, lattice-work; 遘, 覯 *kōs to encounter, meet with.

Burmese: kuh to cross over, transfer.

Kachin: gau¹ to walk as on rail or a rope; to cross, as a stream on a log or narrow bridge.

Comments: Ben. 69; Mat. 178. Hanson gives Burm. kǝwh to walk on water, as nat.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̄wH (~ g-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fence, obstacle

Chinese: 笱 *kōʔ fish-trap.

Tibetan: kho-ra, go-ra circumference, fence, surrounding wall.

Burmese: khuʔ to block.

Kachin: buŋkhu³ a stockade, fence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)a

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: word

Tibetan: bka word, speech; skad voice, sound, speech, to say, tell.

Burmese: cǝkah word; speech.

Kachin: ga² word, speech.

Lushai: ō-ka (LS) the voice.

Lepcha: kha to ask, to inquire

Kiranti: *Ka (/ʔk-) speech; to call

Comments: Rawang kha, Trung ka¹ word; Yamphu ka:ma 'call', kha 'speech, word'. Sh. 46; Ben 18; Luce 1.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kha

Meaning: to go, come

Chinese: 去 *khaʔ-s 'go away, leave'

Comments: Cf. Geba ke.33, Konyak *ka, Gurung *kha.1 'come', Dulong a.31 gɨi.55, Qiang kǝ 'go'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khaj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn, a pair of horns

Chinese: 觭 khaj 'one horn turning up and one down'

Lushai: ki horn

Comments: Cf. also Naga *kV, Tujia khɨe.1 'horn'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ăjH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spin, wind

Kachin: lǝkhaʔ² to wind between the thumb and the little finger.

Lushai: kai (kaiʔ) spin (as cotton).

Lepcha: kha to wind skeins of cotton

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khăj(H) (~ gh-)

Meaning: saddle

Chinese: 騎 *ghaj to ride.

Tibetan: sga saddle.

Burmese: kaʔ harness.

Comments: Trung ga¹ saddle. Luce 1. Cf. PAN *sa(ŋ)kay 'ride'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khă(k) (~gh-,qh-,Gh-)

Meaning: expel

Chinese: 卻 *khak decline, refuse; expel, eliminate.

Kachin: ga² to ward off, fend off; to propitiate and expel as a troublesome nat.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ăɫ

Meaning: work

Kachin: mǝgan⁴ work, (H) mǝkan id.

Lushai: kal work, doing.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kham ( ~ *g(h)-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: accept, take; give, distribute

Tibetan: ãgrem(s) (p. bkram, f. dgram, i. khroms) to put or lay down in order; to spread out; to scatter etc.

Burmese: kamh to accept, take, receive; to give, distribute; kham to get, obtain.

Kachin: (H) kham to accept, take, receive, ǝgam to give gratuitously.

Kiranti: *kham(-s)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khăm ( ~ qh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tongs

Chinese: 鉗 *gh(r)am tweezers, tongs.

Tibetan: skam a pair of tongs.

Comments: Cf. *krɨam.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ăm (~ G(h)-, -ǝ̆m)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trap

Kachin: mǝkham³ to trap, (H) kham id.

Lushai: kam to set (a trap) (cf. also hum a pit for trapping animals).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khăŋ (~ gh-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of insect

Chinese: 蜣 *khaŋ beetle.

Burmese: kaŋh centipede, scorpion and other myriapoda.

Lepcha: tŭŋ-kjóŋ the stick-insect (?)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*k(h)ap]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fork of legs

Lushai: kap fork of legs.

Comments: Dimasa ya-khāp id. Sh. 47; Ben. 73. Cf. PAA *kVp 'fork', Thai gap 'forking (of a tree)'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)āH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: open, opening

Chinese: 戶 *g_āʔ door.

Burmese: kah to divide, be stretched apart, be spread; tam-khah door, gate.

Kachin: čiŋkha¹, nkha¹ door, (H) sumkha be wide open.

Lushai: ka to open (as mouth, legs); mouth; KC *ka.

Comments: Tangkhul kha-moŋ door, Rawang phǝŋ-kha id.; Sgaw ka to open. Sh. 46, 400, 407, 427; Ben. 120, 134; Luce 2. Cf. *Qʷɨj, *Qa.