Proto-CChadic: *kVs-k-
Meaning: 'bone'
Mbara: ŋ-gíŝ [TMba] voicing after n
Munjuk: keŝ-ke [TMnj]
Musgu: kɛ́x̂-kɛɛ, keŝ-ké [LMsg]
Notes: Cf. Log ŋkósê 1 [LLog] 'Kern' ('middle bone' > 'kernel' and C 5 Malgwa ǝ́-ksúwe 'Brustkorb' [Lr]. According to Löhr, related to ǝ́ksǝ 'town' [Lr:292] . Partial redup. and secondary lateral (due to a contactwith a velar) in Msg and Mnj. Voicing after a nasal in Mba. Definately originates from Ch *ḳas- 'bone'.
