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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thV̄p
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: eat, taste
Chinese: 呫 *thēp to taste.
Tibetan: stob (p. bstab, f. bstob, i. stob) to feed, to put into another's mouth.
Burmese: twap to nibble, as a fish at a bait.
Lushai: tep to eat noisily.
Comments: Coblin 146 reconstructs the OCh. form as *snēp and compares it to Tib. sńab-pa to taste, savor.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

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