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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kŭk
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bend
Chinese: *kuk to bow, bend.
Tibetan: ãgug(s) (p. bgug, f. dgug, i. khug) to bend; khug(s) corner, nook, creek, bay.
Burmese: kauk be crooked, not straight, LB *kukx; khauk to fold, double.
Kachin: mǝgoʔ2, lǝgoʔ2, guʔ3 be bent.
Lepcha: kŭk to bow, to bend down, to incline downwards, lean forward to to bow the head
Comments: Trung 1-gɔʔ1 be crooked; Bahing guk be bent, kuk make bent. Ben. 125. Cf. *khjŏk. Cf. also Naga *kok 'knee'.
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