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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*ch{i:}k{w|}" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chīkʷ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: axe, chop, chisel
Chinese: 鏚 *chīkʷ axe.
Tibetan: ãchog (p. bcags, f. bcog) to hew, chop, cut, pierce.
Burmese: ćhauk chisel, LB *chuk.
Lepcha: ček to hew down
Comments: Several roots of this type are reconstructed and mergers were certainly possible: cf. *ʒ́hV̄kʷ, *[ć]ɨăk, *śēk. Cf. PAN *saksak 'hack, chop' (Sag 44 Chin.-AN).
stibet-chin,

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