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Table 2 Six Tibetan crops

From: Proto-Tibeto-Burman Grain Crops

 

Tibetan

Chinese

 

gloss

1.

nas

青稞

qīngkē

‘highland barley’

2.

gro

小麥

(xiǎo)mài

‘wheat’

3.

khre/či-tse

禾/稷

hé/jì

‘millet’ (all varieties)

4.

bra-bo

qiào

‘buckwheat’

5.

h bras

dào

‘rice’

6.

sran

dòu

‘beans’