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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rūH (s-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit, egg
Chinese: 卵 rhō-nʔ egg
Tibetan: sro-ma egg of a louse, a nit.
Kachin: ciʔ3-ru2 nit.
Lushai: hru a nit, louse, egg.
Kiranti: *r[i] 'seed' (?)
Comments: Rgyarung dẓǝru louse egg. Ben. 64. STEDT 121 *s-row (adding the Chinese form - which is possible supposing *-n is a collective suffix here - but omitting the Lushei form). Cf. also: Miji rinh 'egg', Tangkul harra id.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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