Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrāH / *mrāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horse

Burmese: mraŋh horse, LB *mhruŋx.

Kachin: gumra² a horse, a pony; (H) kumraŋ a horse, a pony.

Comments: Haka ray; Kanauri ray; Thebor śaŋ; Chepang saraŋ; Rgyarung nporo, poro, moro. Sh. 121, 135, 143, 410; Ben. 43; Mat. 182.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)āŋ / *m(r)āk

Meaning: gadfly, fly

Chinese: 虻 *m_rāŋ gadfly, horsefly.

Tibetan: sbraŋ fly, bee.

Burmese: hmak gadfly, horsefly, LB *smakx id.

Lepcha: sŭm-brjoŋ common fly

Comments: PG *napraŋ fly (n). Bod. 153; Luce 68. Cf. Austric: PAA *(bǝ-)raŋ 'wasp, fly', PAN *qariñuan / *qaniRuan 'bee'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *m(r)āŋ

Meaning: people

Chinese: 氓 *m_rāŋ population, people.

Tibetan: dmaŋs people.

Comments: Cf. also Tib. ãbaŋs subject; people. Coblin 116.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāH (/ *rāk, *rāŋ)

Meaning: rough, coarse

Chinese: 鹵 *rhāʔ rustic, coarse; salty (e.g. land).

Tibetan: rags coarse, thick, gross, raŋs rough, rude, unpolished.

Burmese: hraʔ feel the harshness of surface, feel an unpleasant taste.

Kachin: gra², mǝgra² be sharp to the touch.

Comments: Coblin 55-56. In Burm. the root has coincided with hraʔ 'to wound by a slight cut, accidentally', see *[ʔʷ]răH. Sag. 10 compares Chin. with PAN *qasiRa 'salt' (?).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rāŋ / *rāk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bone

Chinese: 骼 *krāk bone (of animal), 胻 *g_rāŋ shinbone [since Han].

Burmese: khraŋ bone.

Kachin: (H) nraŋ bone (but cf. nra¹ id., see *răH).

Comments: BG: Garo greŋ, Dimasa gĕ-reŋ; Moshang a-rã, Namsangia a-rāh. Sh. 433.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆ŋH

Meaning: bright, clear

Chinese: 朗 *r_āŋʔ bright, 亮 *raŋs brightness, 景 *kraŋʔ bright, 爽 *sraŋʔ bright, dawn.

Burmese: hraŋh be clear, clean.

Lushai: Haka raaŋ white

Comments: Trung sraŋ 'bright'. Cf. also Sulung *rVŋ 'white', Aka *gryaŋ id., Naga *roŋ 'burn', Gurung khrõ-ba id. Cf. Austric: PAA *Cǝra:ŋ 'bright, morning', PAN *siraŋ 'dazzle, glare, light'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)r[ā]ŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mosquito

Burmese: khraŋ mosquito, LB *s-kraŋ.

Kachin: ǯiʔ²-groŋ² a mosquito.

Lushai: KC *krāŋ (?).

Comments: Mikir tim-kraŋ; Rawang mǝ-gaŋ; Trung kǝ³-raŋ2 fire-fly. Sh. 405; Ben. 71; Mat. 165. Cf. perhaps Serdukpen graŋ-bi 'worm'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷrāŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn

Chinese: 觥 *kʷrāŋ drinking horn, a k. of ritual vessel.

Kachin: nruŋ¹ a horn.

Lepcha: aróŋ

Kiranti: *(g)räŋ

Comments: Tsangla wa-roŋ (wa cow); BG: Garo groŋ, Dimasa groŋ; Moshang a-ruŋ, Namsangia roŋ; Rawang a-riŋ; Vayu, Bahing ruŋ. Sh. 406, 433; Ben. 31-32. One should note Austric: PAA *Cǝrɨeŋ, SM *dereŋ 'horn', PAN *Cuqelaŋ 'bone'.