Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcúk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to point

Tulung: cok- stab, poke, point out (with index fungers)

Limbu: sōkmaʔ

Dumi: cuknɨ

Yamphu: su:kma

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: so:kmaʔ, -so:kt-/-so:k-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) aim at, point, point out; 2) have in mind, envision, intend; 3) be out after someone, harbour designs against someone

Comments: 2) so:ktuNba ya:mbɔkʔin mɛbo:ksɛn The work I had in mind didn't come through 3) khɛN mǝna-re khɛnɛ kɛmso:k lo:! yɛkyɛkʔaN wayɛʔ! Those guys are out to get you! Be careful!

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: tsuknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a tsukt/tsuk-tsukh/tsuk

Meaning: point out.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: su:kma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

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

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to point at, to indicate, to point out, to point a finger at somebody

Comments: kho.eʔ su:ʔ.i.ŋ.ä. (s/he.ERG point.NP.EXPS.FCT) He's pointing at me.

Nepali: dekhāunu

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuk

Meaning: stick into, plant

Tibetan: ãʒugs, zug (p. bcugs, zugs, f. gzugs, i. zug(s)) to prick, stick into, to set, to plant; to bore; ãchugs (p. chugs) to go into, to penetrate by boring.

Burmese: ćǝuk to insert, put upright, erect, set upright, as a post; LB *cuk.

Kachin: (?) (Mat.) čok³ to pierce.

Kiranti: *cúk

Comments: Sh. 54; Ben. 77-78. Cf. Austric: PAA *cak / *ʒɔk 'to string, insert', PAN *tisuk, *ra(ŋ)suk, *hacuk, *Cesek 'stab, insert'.

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