Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhǝ̄k ( ~ ʒ́h-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: robber, bandit

Chinese: 賊 *ʒ́hǝ̄k murderer, bandit, villain.

Tibetan: ʒ́ag robbing, robbery.

Kachin: (?) ʒok², sok² to scout, spy out.

Comments: Simon 9; Peiros-Starostin 213; Coblin 127. Cf. Austric forms: Thai ṣɨk, Khmer sɨk 'army, war', Mon sek 'quarrel, fight', Viet. xích, xếch id. - all probably < Chinese; also PAN *mu(ń)suh ~ mǝsah 'enemy' (Peiros 1998, 220)?

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chǝ̄wH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: unite, crowd

Chinese: 湊 *chōs come together, unite.

Tibetan: cho troop, number, host.

Burmese: ćuʔ to collect, gather, together.

Comments: Mat. 205.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhǝ̄wH

Meaning: urge, set on (a dog)

Chinese: 嗾 *sōʔ, *sōh, *t-sōh to urge on (a dog).

Tibetan: ćho to set on (a dog).

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chiǝ̆

Meaning: wind

Chinese: 颸 *chrǝ cold wind.

Tibetan: rʒi wind.

Lepcha: so-mŭt wind

Comments: Cf. perhaps Bodo *suʔ 'cold', Kabui Naga ncu-mei id., Tangkul ma-si wind, Magar nam-su id.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chi(ǝ)k

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leopard

Tibetan: gzig leopard; porcupine.

Burmese: (kjah)-sać leopard, LB *[z]ikx.

Kachin: dumsi¹ a porcupine (?).

Kiranti: *sík-ba

Comments: Rawang khaŋ-zi leopard; Trung dzǝ̆ʔ¹ wolf, kaŋ²-dži² leopard. Sh. 52; Ben.27. Forms showing a zero reflex in the final position (Jnp. dumsi¹, Rawang khaŋ-zi, Trung kaŋ²-dži²) should perhaps be rather compared with OCh. 豺 *ʒ́_rǝ̄ wolf < PST *ʒ́(r)iǝ̄.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhiǝ̄

Meaning: ability, understanding

Chinese: 才 *ʒ́hǝ̄ talent, gift, quality

Kachin: (H) ʒai, cai wisdom, understanding

Kiranti: *chè-(-n, -s, -k)

Comments: Cf. Konyak *ʒai, Chepang ciʔ-, Sichuan *ṣV- 'hear'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhiǝ̄H ( ~ ʒ́h-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: be at, sit, stay

Chinese: 在 *ʒ́hǝ̄ʔ be at, in, on.

Tibetan: gźes (resp.) to sit, stay, wait.

Comments: ? Cf. Kulung chu-ma 'be, has to'; Karen *šV, Tujia cu-cu, Mao Naga ala-cho, Sichuan *Chǝ 'stand'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chiǝ̄l

Meaning: cold, cool

Chinese: 淒 *chǝ̄j cold, chilly.

Tibetan: bsil cool, coolness.

Kachin: gǝci¹ cold, gǝcin² be cool, ǝsi⁴ cold! (interj.), (H) ci cold, cin be cool.

Kiranti: *ʒi(l)

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭj

Meaning: thick fluid

Chinese: 漆 *chit varnish.

Tibetan: rci all fluids of a somewhat greater consistency; chigs sediment, residuum, residue ( = OCh. *chit).

Burmese: ćhijh a drug of any kind, medicine, tobacco, paint, pigment.

Kachin: ci² drugs, medicine; paint, ink (possibly from Burm.); mǝci² leaven, yeast.

Kiranti: *ʔc[ì]

Comments: PG *chì ( ~ ćh-) fat, grease; Rawang mǝtsi medicine. Sh. 54; Ben. 20; Mat. 177. The root is widely spread in TB with a more general meaning "water", cf.: Tujia chie, Dhimal ci, Idu *ma-ći, Tani *isi, Naga *zɨ, Sichuan *ʒ́ɨ, Jiarong tǝ-či 'water'.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chi(j)

Meaning: abstain

Tibetan: ãʒi to abstain from, be abstinent, temperate.

Kachin: ci¹ to abstain from certain kinds of food.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]ik

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pinch, catch with claws

Burmese: ? ćhit to catch with claws, LB *chitx.

Lushai: sik (siʔ) to pinch or nip (with the finger nails); to gather, KC *M-śik.

Kiranti: *cék (/ʔc-)

Comments: Garo tśik-. Sh. 52.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭk (~ ś-, -ĕk)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cold

Lushai: sik cold, KC *śik.

Kiranti: *[ch]ik

Comments: Garo -tśik, Naga *cik, Sichuan Queyu tʃa.13 tʃa.55 'cold'. Sh. 52.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)ĭɫ

Meaning: spittle

Tibetan: mćhil-ma spittle.

Lushai: čil saliva, spittle, KC *m-tśil.

Lepcha: číl to drivel, to slaver, to be salivated

Comments: PG *che(C)-me(C) saliva; BG: Dimasa thop-tśi spittle, Garo khu-tśi; Rawang thil, Trung cǝ̆l¹, Kham tìl^L. Sh. 53, 405; Ben. 30, 55.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭm

Meaning: sweep

Chinese: � *chim to sweep over.

Burmese: sim strike with a motion towards oneself.

Comments: Rawang śim; Trung čǝm¹. Ben. 170.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭmH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sleep, fall asleep; darkness

Chinese: 寢 *chimʔ lie down to sleep.

Tibetan: gzim fall asleep, to sleep.

Burmese: LB *C-cam cloud

Kachin: (H) niŋcam, ncam heavy fog.

Lushai: thim be dark, benighted, thīm be dull.

Kiranti: *sèm

Comments: Simon 23; Sh. 136, 143; Coblin 134.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]ĭŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: moist; soak

Chinese: 津 *cin ford; moist.

Kachin: ciŋ² be soaked, steeped.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭp

Meaning: nest

Kachin: cip³ the nest.

Lushai: KC *thip (?).

Comments: BG: Dimasa -thip, Garo -thup (K); Namsangia a-rup, Banpara -zap, Midzhu -sap; Miri a-śup. Sh 186, 201, 436. STEDT 298-300 *(t)sip ~ (t)sup.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chĭr

Meaning: order, succession

Chinese: 次 *chijs to arrange in order; order.

Tibetan: chir order, course, succession.

Burmese: ćij to put in a row; ǝćań in a row, in succession, continuous (Luce).

Comments: Luce 62.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]īk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: joint

Chinese: 節 *ćīt knots or points of bamboo or other plants.

Tibetan: chigs member between two, joint.

Burmese: ćhać a joint, LB *[s-c]ikx.

Lushai: KC *sik.

Lepcha: ă-čak

Comments: Mikir sek; Garo dźak-tśik elbow, dźa-tśik knee; Rawang tsi; Kanauri tsig. Sh. 54; Ben. 27-28.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chīkʷ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: axe, chop, chisel

Chinese: 鏚 *chīkʷ axe.

Tibetan: ãchog (p. bcags, f. bcog) to hew, chop, cut, pierce.

Burmese: ćhauk chisel, LB *chuk.

Lepcha: ček to hew down

Comments: Several roots of this type are reconstructed and mergers were certainly possible: cf. *ʒ́hV̄kʷ, *[ć]ɨăk, *śēk. Cf. PAN *saksak 'hack, chop' (Sag 44 Chin.-AN).