COMMENT: The NC etymology seems plausible both phonetically and semantically. The Lak. form has reduced the first weak syllable (la < *jila). Not quite clear is the Khin. reflex: Кибрик-Кодзасов-Оловянникова 1972 have a notation ink:, while the latest MSU recordings have ink - both are irregular (normally -ḳ would be expected).
