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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̄ŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: die
Chinese: 薨 *smǝ̄ŋ to die (of king).
Burmese: LB *mhaŋ corpse.
Kachin: maŋ1 a corpse, carcass.
Lushai: maŋ to die.
Lepcha: mak to die, said of man, animal, tree, fire, dispute; dying
Comments: Possibly related to *mă(H) not, disappear (cf. the suffixed form: OCh. 亡 *maŋ). BG: Garo maŋ-gi-si, Dimasa maŋ- corpse; Rawang ă-māŋ id. Sh. 405, 444.
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