Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qŭH

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: uncle, father-in-law

Chinese: 舅 *guʔ maternal uncle.

Tibetan: khu uncle (on the father's side), skud, sgud father-in-law.

Burmese: uh mother's brother, LB *ɣux (cf. also ać-kǝw elder brother).

Kachin: gu⁴ father-in-law (cf. also gǝkhau¹ brother-in-law).

Lushai: KC > Tiddim ū elder brother or sister.

Lepcha: ku, a-ku a paternal uncle

Kiranti: *k[ù]

Comments: Mikir ni-hu uncle, Meithei iku father-in-law; Vayu ku-ku; Bahing la-ku; Digaro (na-)ku; Miri ǝkü; Rawang ǝkhö, Trung kǝ² father's or mother's younger brother. Ben. 61. The Burm. and Jnp. evidence suggests that there may be two roots here, merged in most languages. Cf. PAA *kuʔ 'kinship term', Yao kɔ.4 'older brother'.