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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēk
Meaning: beat, knock
Chinese: *khēk,*kēk beat.
Tibetan: rgjag-pa to throw, cast, fling.
Burmese: khjak numerative for hits, shots etc. (cf. also khjaʔ to strike, hit ?).
Kachin: ǝkhjeʔ2 to jerk, twitch.
Lushai: kik to rap, tap, knock.
Lepcha: kăk to shake
Comments: Since Tib. rgjag also means 'bite' in so rgjag (lit. 'tooth throw') one can also compare words for 'bite' in Bodo *gak, Nocte kak, Naga *kak.
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