PROTO: *kVĉ̣-
MEANING: 'cut' 1, split' 2, 'fell trees' 3, 'chop'4
Анкве: ḳus 4 [TAS:210] (ḳVs < *ĉ̣Vs)
MSH: ḳos (pl. of ngap) 1 [TAS:210 'hit, break, chop']
Тангале: kāze 1,3, pl. kase [CLR:98]
Джимбин: kǝ̀ṣ̂-, kǝ̀kǝ̀ṣ̂- 1 [SkNb]
NOTES: According to C.Hoffman (personal communication) voiceless emphatics are secondary in languages of the sura gr.