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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ri(ǝ)p
Meaning: pen, enclosure
Chinese: 苙 *r_ǝp, *g_rǝp (~-ip) pen for animals.
Tibetan: rib fence, hedge, enclosure.
Lushai: rip a cage, enclosure in which mad people, etc., are kept.
Lepcha: gríp to confine, to cage (as bird or animal)
Comments: Cf. PAA *ra:p 'shelter'.
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