Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ń[ɨ̄]l
Meaning: dirt, mire
Tibetan: ńal-ńil filth, dirt.
Burmese: ńwan, nunh alluvium, deep mud or mire.
Kachin: pǝnen1, pu1-nen1 phlegm, mucus, secreted by a snake.
Lushai: KC *nēl 'sand'
Comments: Cf. perhaps some words for 'ashes': Naga Mao pi-vo-ni, Khezhama pa-vɨ-nuo; Nung (Nusu) dʒɛr.42 nhɛr.42; Trung (Anong) ńi.33 xi.55.
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