Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Gāp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cover

Chinese: 蓋 *kāts ( < *kāps) to cover, conceal; a cover (of a car), *gāp to thatch, to cover.

Tibetan: bkab to cover, gab to hide, sgab covering; ãgebs (p. bkab, f. dgab; i. khob) to cover, skjibs everything giving shelter from above, khebs covering, ãkheb (p. khebs) cover.

Kachin: mǝgap² to cover.

Lushai: hup (huʔ) cover, put over.

Lepcha: kap to cover over, to envelop, to wrap round as garment

Kiranti: *ʔkǝ́p

Comments: PG *kàp^L; Banpara kap-tuŋ shell; Kham kàp; Mantshati kab; Ao Naga *kap 'skin'. Sh. 87, 140, 448; Peiros-Starostin 213, 216. Vocalism in Lush. is probably due to the influence of *gjūp q. v. STEDT 124-127 *gop ~ *kop (with a confusion of *Gāp and *gjūp).