Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *thúk(s) (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: spit

Sunwar: 'tōk-si-ca

Kaling: khi 'thunä ('thuktu)

Limbu: thet-thoŋmā (-thokhu) (thet spittle)

Kulung: dɔ̄ma 'spit', thuwa 'spittle'

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: tho:kmaʔ, -tho:kt-/-tho:k-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: spit at a distance, spew

Comments: thɛʔl tho:kmaʔ spit one's saliva (diagonally or vertically); cf. ɔ:maʔ.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: dɔ:ma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-2 [1: dɔks- 2: dɔ:-]

Meaning: throw, spit

Comments: thuwa dɔks-ɔ: 'I spit'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thok

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spit

Burmese: Maru tauk vomit, spew.

Lepcha: tjuk to spit, to expectorate, dyuk spittle

Kiranti: *thúk(s) (/ʔt-)

Comments: Mikir iŋtok. Sh. 45, 132; Ben. 58, 75

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *tUKV

Meaning: spittle

Sino-Tibetan: *thok

Yenisseian: *du(ʔ)K

Basque: *tuka

Comments and references : HGC 25.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *duK

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spittle, saliva

Kottish: tuk

Comments: ССЕ 224. Werner 2, 284.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *tuka

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spitting

Low Navarrese: thuka, (Amikuse) tüka

Lapurdian: thuka

Baztanese: tuka

Comments: Related to Bsq *tu 'spit(tle)', but this is an old formation, parallel to PY *du(ʔ)K, PST *thok, ND *tuχ.

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