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Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal
Honda (2008) notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper. It is also in contact with Tichurong, a divergent Tibetic lect spoken near the Kaike-speaking areas. Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.
Lexicon
Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.
No.
Gloss
Kaike
1
gold
mar
2
cow
mi
3
blood
ka:
4
black
myān-
5
red
lo:-
6
green
piŋ-
7
milk cow
ne-
8
thread
rup
9
heart
diŋ
10
(be) dry
khār-
11
snow
liŋ
12
hen
kā:
13
egg
kā:-pum
14
lay eggs
phum-
15
excrement
khyi
16
one
ti:
17
nose
nā
18
to rest
nā-
19
nasal mucus
nap
20
seven
ne
21
thin
bā-
22
eye
mi:
23
name
min
24
fire
me
25
tongue
lai
26
month
lā
27
ladder
li
28
heavy
li-
29
break (e.g., firewood)
kyut-
30
plough, dig
khoə-
31
borrow/lend
khyi-
32
field
khye
33
chest
gu
34
borrow
ŋan-
35
nest
cāŋ
36
bridge
cām
37
daughter
came
38
hang, tie
cun-
39
knead
cyen-
40
hair
cham
41
lift
thi-
42
measure (e.g., length)
kāt-
43
portion
kāl
44
burn
ko-
45
weigh
kot-
46
shake
khār-
47
feed
khoə:-
48
grandfather
khye
49
suck
ŋup-
50
cook, put on the stove
cu:-
51
now
cõ:
52
count
jyer-
53
what
tai
54
receive
tā:-
55
post, pillar
tā:
56
spread
tit-
57
this year
tiriŋ
58
meet
do:-
59
need to
toə-
60
today
tyā
61
full
nāŋ-
62
tomorrow
nāpcye
63
garlic
noə
64
break (itr.)
noŋ-
65
fear
nyin-
66
go
yā
67
marker of hearsay
ru
68
village
nām
69
dog
khyu
70
fly (insect)
baraŋ
71
fish
ŋā
72
foot, leg
le
73
grind
ra:-
74
cliff
ra:
75
four
li
76
flatten
lep-
77
see
raŋ-
78
smile, laugh
rai-
79
penis
lu
80
forget
let-
81
rice
lā
82
flour
rā:pi
83
buckwheat
barau:
References
^ Kaike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Honda, Isao. 2008. Some observations on the relationship between Kaike and Tamangic. Nepalese Linguistics 23: 85-116.
Zemp, Marius. 2023. Tichurong-Tibetic influence in the grammar of Kaike (Nepal). 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
