Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ūt ( ~ g-)
Meaning: scratch, glide, rub
Burmese: kut scratch, scrape.
Kachin: khut2 scrape, rub, gut2 glean, glide; to clean from lice by means of the fine comb.
Lepcha: krát to comb as hair, to rake, scratch, to dress or card as woollen garments; hut to scratch
Comments: Limbu khōpmaʔ (khōt-) 'comb, scratch, scrape'; BG: Garo ka-kit itch, Dimasa khu engrave on wood; Rawang tśǝkut itch. Ben. 81.
