Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒīj
Meaning: small
Tibetan: zi something of a very small size or quantity (W).
Burmese: sijh be small, fine, slender.
Kachin: (H) ʒi be small.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 些 *sej ( ~ *saj) a few, some, 佌 *ćhejʔ small, petty; Jnp. ǯi1, gǝǯi2, (H) kǝči be small. Ben. 27.
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