Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rj₁ǝ̆j (-t, -n)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: laugh, smile

Chinese: 咥 *thrit laugh.

Tibetan: gźa to sport, joke, play; gźas play, joke, bźad, gźad laugh, smile.

Burmese: raj to laugh, LB *raj.

Kachin: ǝgja² to deride, make fun of, (H) gja, kja id.

Lushai: ṭhen to smile, grin; show the teeth.

Lepcha: thyăn to laugh

Kiranti: *rít(s)

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. (H) roi to mock. Magari ret; Rawang it; Thebor rot, Bunan sred; Bahing rit ~ ris; Digaro mǝra; Hrusso ra. Sh. 144; Ben. 47.

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