Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭj
Meaning: thick fluid
Tibetan: rci all fluids of a somewhat greater consistency; chigs sediment, residuum, residue ( = OCh. *chit).
Burmese: ćhijh a drug of any kind, medicine, tobacco, paint, pigment.
Kachin: ci2 drugs, medicine; paint, ink (possibly from Burm.); mǝci2 leaven, yeast.
Comments: PG *chì ( ~ ćh-) fat, grease; Rawang mǝtsi medicine. Sh. 54; Ben. 20; Mat. 177. The root is widely spread in TB with a more general meaning "water", cf.: Tujia chie, Dhimal ci, Idu *ma-ći, Tani *isi, Naga *zɨ, Sichuan *ʒ́ɨ, Jiarong tǝ-či 'water'.
