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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kak
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- 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”).
Descendants
See also
- *ʔjak (“hard, difficult”)
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