Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄p
Meaning: suck
Tibetan: ãʒ́ib(s) (p. bźibs,f. bźib) to suck.
Burmese: ćup kiss, suck, LB *ćhupx.
Kachin: čup2 to suck (as through a straw).
Lushai: fōp (foʔ) kiss, suck; cf. also fēp (feʔ) to suck (as sugar cane).
Lepcha: čóp to suck and afterwards spit out the refuse (of tobacco)
Comments: Dimasa dźob; Kanauri tśhubʔ; Newari tśupa. Cf. also KC *M-tśúp kiss, suck; Jnp. (H) mǝsup to inhale, as odour or gas. Sh. 54, 67, 101; Ben. 28. The root may be confused with *[ć]uap q.v. STEDT 214-226 *m-dzo:p; dzup ~ dzip 'suck, suckle, milk, kiss'.
