Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sɨāk

Meaning: search

Chinese: 索 *sāk search, demand; ransack.

Kachin: gǝsok² to search, (H) sok id.

Kiranti: *suk 'be able, look for an opportunity'

Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *sa:k / *cɔ:k 'look for', Tai zak 'ask'.

Chinese characters :

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *suk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to be able, know how, look for an opportunity

Limbu: sukmaʔ 'be able; wait in ambush'

Yamphu: sukma 'to create or look for an opportunity'

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: sukmaʔ, -sukt-/-suk-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: be able, know how, be capable of

Comments: aNga thi: mɛn-dhuN-ʔe:-saN pa:t-maʔ sukt-u-N (I millet beer npG-drink-npG-even talk-INF can-3P-1sA) I'm able to talk even without having drunk millet beer; kɛme:ʔba mǝna laNghe:kmaʔ mɛnchuktun Fat men don't know how to walk; cf. he:ʔmaʔ.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: sukma I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <sug- ; suk->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to create or look for an opportunity

Comments: dau sug.u.j.e. (dāu await.о3.3NS.FCT) They were creating an opportunity.

Nepali: maukā pārnu

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