Dumi dictionary :

Entry: tsyǝknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-1 tsyǝkh/tsyǝk

Meaning: pinch, nip, squeeze

Nepali: cimoṭnu.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *cék (/ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: pluck, pinch

Kaling: 'cenä ('cegu) pick, clip (flowers, leaves), pinch

Limbu: sekmā (segu) pluck, nip, (sektu) pinch

Dumi: cjǝknɨ

Kulung: chēma

Yamphu: ci:kma

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: che:ma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-2 [1: chek- 2: che:-]

Meaning: pinch

Nepali: cimoṭnu.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: ci:kma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <ci:g- ; ci:k->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to pinch, to nip.

Nepali: cimaṭnu

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]ik

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pinch, catch with claws

Burmese: ? ćhit to catch with claws, LB *chitx.

Lushai: sik (siʔ) to pinch or nip (with the finger nails); to gather, KC *M-śik.

Kiranti: *cék (/ʔc-)

Comments: Garo tśik-. Sh. 52.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=VŋV

Meaning: to speak

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋăH / *ŋăk

Yenisseian: *b- / *-ŋ- `speak'

Comments and references : G. Starostin...

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVNV

Meaning : to say

Sino-Caucasian : *=VŋV

Austric : PAN *beŋa 'say, tell'

Notes : PAN may be < ST.

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