Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-lip

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-lip (Matisoff, STEDT)

This root is well attested only in Burmish and in Karenic.

The proposed Chinese comparandum is. In Modern Chinese it only means “to hunt, to prey”, however in the ' and the ' this character is also glossed as “turtle”, suggesting that it could possibly be related to this root.

Noun



 * 1) turtle
 * 2) tortoise

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  (B-S),  (ZS) "turtle"
 * Middle Chinese: ljep
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:
 * Yue
 * Cantonese:
 * Min Nan
 * Xiamen: (literary pronunciation)
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Karen: (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Khomic
 * Khomic
 * Khomic
 * Khomic
 * Khomic
 * Khomic