Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kak

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khaɣ/khak (Coblin, 1986); *ʔyak ⪤ kak (Matisoff, 1983)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kak (Matisoff, STEDT)

According to STEDT, a *-k-extension of *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter, bile, liver”).

Adjective

*kak

  1. difficult, hard; hardship

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཁག་པོ (khag po, “difficult”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Written Burmese: ခက် (hkak, “difficult, hard, harsh; arduous”)

See also

  • *ʔjak (“hard, difficult”)
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