Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kak
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khaɣ/khak (Coblin, 1986); *ʔyak ⪤ kak (Matisoff, 1983)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kak (Matisoff, STEDT)
Derived from *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter, bile, liver”).
Adjective
[edit]*kak
Descendants
[edit]- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Bodic
- Tibetan
- Written Tibetan: ཁག་པོ (khag po, “difficult”)
- Tibetan
- Bodic
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Written Burmese: ခက် (hkak, “difficult, hard, harsh; arduous”)
- Burmish
- Lolo-Burmese
See also
[edit]- *ʔjak (“hard, difficult”)