Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kak

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khaɣ/khak (Coblin, 1986); *ʔyak ⪤ kak (Matisoff, 1983)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kak (Matisoff, STEDT)

According to STEDT, a *-k-extension of *kaʔ (“bitter”).

Adjective

*kak

  1. difficult, hard; hardship

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: ཁག་པོ (khag po, “difficult”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ခက် (hkak, “difficult, hard, harsh; arduous”)

See also

  • *ʔjak (“hard, difficult”)
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