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Eurasiatic: *ḳV[ǯ]V
Meaning: to tear, rip
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *k`ĕǯa ( ~ -o)
Uralic: *kečV (cf. also *kačka , *kačka)
Kartvelian: ? Georg. ḳac̣r-, ḳac̣wr- 'to scratch'
Dravidian: *kac-
Comments: Expected *-ǯ- in Kartv.
References: ND 849 *kEč̣[U] ~ *k[ü]č̣[U] 'knife' (Ural. + incorr. TM + some Chad. and Bj. + Georg. kič̣o < NC). Cf. *ḳVCV. ?Cf. also Kartv. *ḳwec-, *q̇wec- 'to cut' (in ND 992 *ḳUćV ~ *q̇- 'to shorten by cutting', as well as 998 *ḳUc̣V 'to cut/chop into small pieces' - but in fact with no comparanda).
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-drav,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,

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