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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛĭjH
Meaning: bow, arrow
Chinese: 矢 *ƛhijʔ arrow.
Burmese: lijh bow for shooting, LB *lijx.
Kachin: kuŋ-li2 a bow, (H) lǝli id.; cf. also (H) siŋkji a poisoned and barbed arrow.
Lushai: li a spring ( as in gun), a hairspring.
Lepcha: sa-li
Kiranti: *(b)lì
Comments: Tsangla li; Mikir li fiddle-bow; BG: Garo tśri, Dimasa dźili; Rawang thǝli; Midzhu tǝli; Bahing li; Vayu li-wo. Ben. 117. Cf. PAA *lVjh 'spear'.
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