Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kʷɨ̆ (-t; ~ gʷ-, qʷ-, Gʷ-)
Meaning: old, weak
Tibetan: rgud to decline, get weak (esp. with old age), rgod to grow weak.
Lepcha: gu old female of most animals
Comments: The Tib. form can be alternatively compared with OCh. 耇 *kōʔ old or 考 *khūʔ high age, old; cf. also Burm. kawh 'to be old (e. g. of a city)'.
