Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛăj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: earth, ground

Chinese: 地 *Łhajs earth, ground.

Tibetan: gźi-ma ground, floor.

Burmese: mrij earth, ground, (?) laj-kwaŋh rice field; LB *mlij.

Lushai: lei earth, ground, the world, KC *ŋ-lei.

Comments: Mikir mili ~ meli sand bank; Trung mǝ³-li² earth; Manyak mǝli~mli; Midzhu nai. Sh. 24, 184; Ben. 44. For the Chinese form an alternative comparison with Tib. lder clay also can not be excluded (although it is less probable).