Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KālH (?)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: importance; possibility

Chinese: 可 *khājʔ can, able, may (cf. also 哿 *kājʔ good, passable, all right).

Tibetan: gal importance; to force, to press smth. on a person.

Burmese: LB *kaj good

Kachin: mǝka (H) ability, skills

Lepcha: khŭ 1.to be able, to be capable 2.to be well, to be in condition (?)

Comments: Chepang khaaŋ (?); Yogli akhul good. Bod. 138. Uncertain. Perhaps two roots: one with *-l (possibly = *k(h)ăɫ 'work' q.v.), another with *-j, actively interfering with each other.