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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: surpass, increase
Chinese: *loʔ increase, proceed; all the more; surpass.
Burmese: kjuh to go beyond, trespass, exceed, surpass.
Lushai: lu too, very, excessively.
Kiranti: *lV (?)
Comments: Cf. *l[ǝ̆]w. In some TB languages this root has apparently acquired the meaning 'all', cf. Ao-Mongtsen te-lu, lu-tsɨ, Yimchungli alala, Kaike so-lo, Pumi *LV, perhaps also Nusu li, Sunwar nelle. Cf. Austric: PAN *lalaw 'exceed, surpass', ?PAA *la:j 'many'.
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