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STEDT #6182

*kak

CLEAN
Proto-Tani

Notes

This looks like a valid Proto-Tani root, but it is possible that there is a connection with #6680 PTani *krak RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away). Cf. English expressions like ‘he got clean away’, where the meaning is “action performed with a complete result”.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 1 subgroup

1.1.1.1Western Tani15

Galo-binmorpheme...-kak vs:advs.‘clean’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo-kak vs:adv.‘clean’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`momorpheme◦kak vt.‘clean (something)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoamorpheme◦kak ace.‘clean(arch.)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galokag◦namsuffix vt.‘wash (surface)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galomomorpheme-kak-namsuffix v‘clean (cloth)’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galomomorpheme-kak-namsuffix v‘wash’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galomərmorpheme◦kak vt.‘rub (clean)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galorɯmorpheme-kak-namsuffix v‘wash’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Nishingmemorpheme-kak ‘clean’Das Gupta 69 Daf
Nishingomorpheme◦kak ‘clean’Das Gupta 69 Daf
Taginmomorpheme◦kak-namsuffix v‘wash room’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginmɤmorpheme-kak darekmorpheme vi‘clean’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginmɤmorpheme◦kak◦nemorpheme iɟimorpheme ‘clean cloth’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6182, *kak ‘CLEAN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6182
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6182,
  title  = {{*kak 'CLEAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6182},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6182}
}