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STEDT #5472

*kak

EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*kakᴴ ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’

Chinese comparandum

極 OC *gʼi̯ək, GSR #910e-f ‘ridge of house; the highest point; extreme limit, utmost’; B & S 2011: *N-kək {N-k(r)ək}; Mand. jí. S294

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankak ‘expensive / at its peak’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Galo`kog◦dɨrmorpheme n.‘peak’GLDC 09 Galo

3.2Qiangic3

Ersuphɛ⁵⁵#2583 PTB *pəw ‘PRICE’PKC *phuu ‘DEBT / REVENGE’PLB *pəw² ‘PRICE’PL *po² ‘PRICE’khuɑ⁵⁵ ‘expensive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 876.18

Lyuzuphe³¹#2583 PTB *pəw ‘PRICE’PKC *phuu ‘DEBT / REVENGE’PLB *pəw² ‘PRICE’PL *po² ‘PRICE’khuæ⁵³ ‘expensive’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1054.18

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]kɐ⁵⁵morphemekuɐ⁵⁵ ‘expensive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 876.16

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmesekak ‘expensive / intense / at its peak’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 11

*Lolo-Burmesekhak ‘reaching its peak, expensive’Benedict 72 STC: 166n444

*Lolo-Burmesekhɑk ‘reaching its peak / expensive (price)’Chou 72: 910e-f

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Lancang)qhɑ⁵⁴ ‘expensive’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1054.43

Lahu (Black)qhᴀ⁵³ ‘expensive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 876.33

Lahu (Black)quâʔ ‘expensive’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 11

Lahu (Yellow)qha⁶ ‘expensive’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)phy²¹#2583 PTB *pəw ‘PRICE’PKC *phuu ‘DEBT / REVENGE’PLB *pəw² ‘PRICE’PL *po² ‘PRICE’kha³⁵ ‘expensive’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhakʻa HS ‘intense / at its peak’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 11

7Karenic2

Kayan (Pekon)kà ADJ‘expensive’Manson 10 Kayan

Pa-Okâ ‘expensive’Solnit 89 PaO

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʼi̯og/gʼi̯ɑ̈u(-) ‘peak’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1138d

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʼi̯ək/gʼi̯ək ‘ridge of the roof;highest point / extreme limit / utmo’Karlgren 57 GSR: 910e-f

Chinese (Old/Mid)kiôg/kieu ‘peak (mountain)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1070m

Chinese (Old/Mid)ngŭk/ngɑ̊k ‘mountain / peak’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1227a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5472, *kak ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5472

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. STC p.166, , cf. HPTB pp. 317, 328

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5472,
  title  = {{*kak 'EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5472},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5472}
}