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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kĕt
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cut out; cut down, fell
Chinese: 製 *kets to cut out, to fashion (a garment).
Burmese: ? kjit 'large scissors for cutting metal'
Lushai: kit (kiʔ) to fell, cut down.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Ket
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: soil, earth
Burmese: kjat barrens.
Kachin: (H) git soil, mould, earth.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēk
Meaning: beat, knock
Chinese: 毄 *khēk, 擊 *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.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēkʷ (~ g-, q-, G-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: limit
Chinese: 徼 *kēkʷs limit.
Tibetan: rgjugs limit, term, aim.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 鞫 *kuk go to the extreme.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KēnH ( ~ Q-; r-)
Meaning: beautiful, adorn
Chinese: 僩 *g_rēnʔ beautiful, refined.
Tibetan: rgjan ornament, decoration, brgjan to adorn, decorate, also sgron (p., f. bsgron) adorn, decorate.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: road, pass
Chinese: 徑 *kēŋs small path, short-cut.
Kachin: (H) kaŋ a cut,a pass.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kēŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: whet, sharpen
Chinese: 硎 *g_ēŋ whetstone.
Burmese: kjaŋh to whet a knife.
Comments: ? Cf. Karen *ʔ[ɛ]ŋ.3L 'bite'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēp
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cheek, jaw
Chinese: 頰 *kēp cheek, jowl.
Kachin: šǝkap2 the jaw.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēr
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: interval, distance
Chinese: 間 *krēn interval.
Lushai: kār the distance between, the space between.
Comments: Cf. also Burm. khja middle, centre, ǝkrah between, interval (Luce 1), khjan through; Jnp. kri1 heart-wood, khron2 be through, (H) kren pass through; Serdukpen khar-bu 'belly'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kēwH
Meaning: bright
Chinese: 曒 *kēwʔ bright; distinct.
Lushai: kēu be fair-skinned; brightness of the edge of the newly-tempered chopper.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝ̆
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: time, occasion
Chinese: 期 *kǝ a year; a full fixed time, *gǝ a stipulated time; time, occasion.
Burmese: kha (poet.) time, period, moment.
Kiranti: Dumi khoʔo 'year'
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*Kǝj]
Chinese: 氣 *khǝjs ( ~ -ts) vapour, odour, steam, gas
Comments: Cf. Kabui Naga *tǝŋ-KVi 'wind'. Cf. Austric *huj / *ho(:)j 'smoke'?
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̆j (~g-,q-,G-,-ɨ̆-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: famine, fast
Chinese: 饑 *kǝj famine, esp. want of grain.
Tibetan: dge-ba fasting, abstinence.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̆k ( ~ g-, q-, G-)
Meaning: limit, peak
Chinese: 極 *gǝk to reach the end, come to, attain.
Burmese: LB *khak reaching its peak; expensive (in price).
Comments: Here perhaps Cuona kɔk.35 theʔ.53, Manipuri kok 'head'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̆k (~ g-, q-, G-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sudden, urgent
Chinese: 亟 *kǝk urgently, hurry, hastily.
Tibetan: kag-gis suddenly.
Comments: Cf. also *khjŏ and Tib. mgjogs-pa 'quick, swift', rta-mgjogs 'quick horse'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝl
Meaning: save
Tibetan: ãkhol-ba (p. bkol, i. khol) to save, spare.
Burmese: kaj to deliver from some evil, to save, rescue.
Comments: [From Burm. cf. rather khrwij 'to spare'. Cf. perhaps OC 揆 ghʷijʔ 'measure'.]
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝm (~ Q-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: step
Tibetan: gom-pa a pace, step.
Kachin: lǝkham1 to step.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kǝ̆p
Meaning: reach, approach
Chinese: 及 *gǝp come to, reach.
Burmese: kap to be near, adjacent, adhere to, approach.
Kachin: khap3 to carry, reach; kap3 to stick, adhere to.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝp
Meaning: event, time
Tibetan: skabs, skobs time, opportunity.
Burmese: kap epoch; mishap.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kǝr
Meaning: wealth, riches
Tibetan: dkor wealth, riches.
Burmese: ? krwaj rich, abundant (Luce 22).
Kachin: gan2 wealth, riches.
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