See kaʔ on Wiktionary
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"templates": [],
"text": "Old Chinese: 苦 /*kʰˤaʔ/ (B-S), /*kʰaːʔ/ (ZS) (\"bitter; a bitter plant\"); /*kʰˤa-s/ (B-S, unlisted), /*kʰaːs/ (ZS) (\"difficult, hardship\"); 肝 (gān) /*s.kˤar/ (B-S); /*kaːn/ (ZS) (\"liver\")"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Middle Chinese: 苦 (kʰuoX, kʰuoH/), 肝 (kɑn)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Vietnamese",
"2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">khó</i> (“hard, difficult; delicate”)"
},
"expansion": "→Vietnamese: khó (“hard, difficult; delicate”)",
"name": "sit-loan"
}
],
"text": "→Vietnamese: khó (“hard, difficult; delicate”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Vietnamese",
"2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">gan</i> (“liver”)"
},
"expansion": "→Vietnamese: gan (“liver”)",
"name": "sit-loan"
}
],
"text": "→Vietnamese: gan (“liver”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Modern Mandarin"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Beijing: 苦 (kǔ, /kʰu²¹⁴/), 肝 (gān) (gān, /kan⁵⁵/)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Himalayish"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tibeto-Kanauri"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Bodic"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tibetan"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bo",
"2": "ཁ་བ",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Tibetan: ཁ་བ (kha ba, “bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Written Tibetan: ཁ་བ (kha ba, “bitter”), དཀ་བ (dak ba, “difficult”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tbq-kuk-pro",
"2": "*khaa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khaa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zom",
"2": "khe"
},
"expansion": "Zou: khe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zou: khe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Naic"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sit-nas-pro",
"2": "*kʰa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Naish: *kʰa\nNaxi: ka (/kʰɑ³³/)\nNarua: kha (/qʰɑ˥/)\nLaze: [Term?] (/kʰɑ˧/)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Naish: *kʰa\nNaxi: ka (/kʰɑ³³/)\nNarua: kha (/qʰɑ˥/)\nLaze: [Term?] (/kʰɑ˧/)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nungish:"
},
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"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "raw",
"2": "ka",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Rawang: ka (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Rawang: ka (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Trung/Drung/Dulong: ka (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Boro-Garo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grt",
"2": "kaa",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Garo: kaa (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grt",
"2": "bika",
"t": "liver"
},
"expansion": "Garo: bika (“liver”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Garo: kaa (“bitter”), Garo: bika (“liver”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "trp",
"2": "bə-kʰa"
},
"expansion": "Kokborok: bə-kʰa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kokborok: bə-kʰa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brx",
"2": "bi-kraʔ"
},
"expansion": "Bodo (India): bi-kraʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bodo (India): bi-kraʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "der",
"2": "ci-kā²"
},
"expansion": "Deori: ci-kā²",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Deori: ci-kā²"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lolo-Burmese"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Burmish"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ခါး",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Burmese: ခါး (hka:, “bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Burmese: ခါး (hka:, “bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "acn",
"2": "kan⁵⁵"
},
"expansion": "Achang: kan⁵⁵",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Achang: kan⁵⁵"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Yi (Liangshan): ꈌ (ke, “bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaf",
"2": "ka³³"
},
"expansion": "Katso: ka³³",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Katso: ka³³"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lisu (Northern): ꓘꓪꓽ (kʰwɑ̀, “bitter, too salty”)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ycl",
"2": "kar",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Lolopo: kar (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lolopo: kar (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southeastern Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ypz",
"2": "ka⁵⁵"
},
"expansion": "Phuza: ka⁵⁵",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Phuza: ka⁵⁵"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kar-pro",
"2": "*khaᴮ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Karen: *khaᴮ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Karen: *khaᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ksw",
"2": "ခၣ်"
},
"expansion": "S'gaw Karen: ခၣ် (khà)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "S'gaw Karen: ခၣ် (khà)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pwo",
"2": "ခၪ"
},
"expansion": "Western Pwo: ခၪ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Pwo: ခၪ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kyu",
"2": "ꤋꤢꤧ꤬"
},
"expansion": "Western Kayah: ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Kayah: ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe)"
}
],
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"1": "sit-pro",
"2": "*kak",
"gloss": "difficult, hard"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "tai-pro",
"2": "*Ĉ.qɤmᴬ",
"3": "",
"4": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Tai *Ĉ.qɤmᴬ (“bitter”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ขม"
},
"expansion": "Thai ขม (kǒm)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຂົມ"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຂົມ (khom)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ขื่น"
},
"expansion": "Thai ขื่น (kʉ̀ʉn)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຂື່ນ",
"3": "",
"4": "bitter, astringent, ascerbic"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຂື່ນ (khư̄n, “bitter, astringent, ascerbic”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *b-kɑ-n (Coblin, 1986)\n** Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-ka-n (Matisoff, 2003; Mortensen, 2012); *ka (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987); *ka (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *kɑ (Chou, 1972)\nDerivative: Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kak (“difficult, hard”).\nCompare Proto-Tai *Ĉ.qɤmᴬ (“bitter”) (Thai ขม (kǒm), Lao ຂົມ (khom)); also compare: Thai ขื่น (kʉ̀ʉn), Lao ຂື່ນ (khư̄n, “bitter, astringent, ascerbic”).",
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"2": "adjective",
"cat2": "roots"
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"name": "head"
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"lang_code": "sit-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kaʔ",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "liver, heart, bile, bitter",
"word": "m-sin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "mouth, opening, door",
"word": "m-ka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "word, speech, language",
"word": "ka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "salt",
"word": "tsa"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"bitter"
],
"id": "en-kaʔ-sit-pro-adj-u-jpUx4B",
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[
"bitter",
"bitter"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "0 81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 90 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 80 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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],
"glosses": [
"bile"
],
"id": "en-kaʔ-sit-pro-adj-uzvl0S1O",
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[
"bile",
"bile"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"liver"
],
"id": "en-kaʔ-sit-pro-adj-669IqXJX",
"links": [
[
"liver",
"liver"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kaʔ"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Aslian: *kaaʔ (Phillips, 2012)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jah Hut: kaʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jahaic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Cheq Wong: kiəʔ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jahai: ʔɨkǝʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Senoic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sea",
"2": "kaaq"
},
"expansion": "Semai: kaaq",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Semai: kaaq"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tea",
"2": "kaa"
},
"expansion": "Temiar: kaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Temiar: kaa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Semelaic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Semaq Beri: ka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-ban-pro",
"2": "*kaː"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bahnaric: *kaː",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Bahnaric: *kaː (Sidwell, 2011)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "North Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hal",
"2": "ka"
},
"expansion": "Halang: ka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Halang: ka"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sedang: ka̰"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bdq",
"2": "ka"
},
"expansion": "Bahnar: ka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bahnar: ka"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tampuan: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "South Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sre-Mnong"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sre: ka"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mnong: ka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-kat-pro",
"2": "*ʔakaa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Katuic: *ʔakaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Katuic: *ʔakaa (Sidwell, 2005)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pac",
"2": "aca"
},
"expansion": "Pacoh: aca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pacoh: aca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "So: ʔakaa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khasic: *kʰa (Sidwell, 2012)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kha",
"2": "'kha"
},
"expansion": "Khasi: 'kha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khasi: 'kha/dohkha"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lyngngam: əkʰa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Pnar: dəkʰa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khmeric:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "កា"
},
"expansion": "Khmer: កា (kaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khmer: កា (kaa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-khm-pro",
"2": "*kaʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Khmuic: *kaʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Khmuic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khmu: kaʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ksingmul: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "O’du: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mangic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Bolyu: qɔ⁵³"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zng",
"2": "ʔaː¹"
},
"expansion": "Mang: ʔaː¹",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Mang: ʔaː¹"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Monic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mnw",
"2": "က",
"tr": "kaˀ"
},
"expansion": "Mon: က (kaˀ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Mon: က (kaˀ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nicobaric: *kaːʔ (Sidwell, 2018)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "caq",
"2": "kāḵ"
},
"expansion": "Car Nicobarese: kāḵ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Car Nicobarese: kāḵ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Nicobaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nancowry: kā"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-pal-pro",
"2": "*kaʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Palaungic: *kaʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Palaungic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2015)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lawa:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lwl",
"2": "กะ"
},
"expansion": "Eastern Lawa: กะ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Lawa: กะ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lcp",
"2": "กะ"
},
"expansion": "Western Lawa: กะ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Lawa: กะ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Palaung:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Shwe:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sam-Loong: ကာ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Plang:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "La Gang: káh"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Man Noi: káʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Riang: kaʔ¹"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-vie-pro",
"2": "*ʔa-kaːʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-kaːʔ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-kaːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Proto-Austroasiatic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA009)\n* Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kaʔ (Shorto, 2006)",
"head_templates": [
{
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"1": "aav-pro",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*kaʔ",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "aav-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kaʔ",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Austroasiatic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fish"
],
"id": "en-kaʔ-aav-pro-noun-tHSpmicF",
"links": [
[
"fish",
"fish"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kaʔ"
}
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"args": {
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"2": "noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "ctz",
"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
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"wood"
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Aslian: *kaaʔ (Phillips, 2012)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jah Hut: kaʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jahaic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Cheq Wong: kiəʔ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Jahai: ʔɨkǝʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Senoic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sea",
"2": "kaaq"
},
"expansion": "Semai: kaaq",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tea",
"2": "kaa"
},
"expansion": "Temiar: kaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Temiar: kaa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Semelaic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Semaq Beri: ka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-ban-pro",
"2": "*kaː"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bahnaric: *kaː",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Bahnaric: *kaː (Sidwell, 2011)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "North Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hal",
"2": "ka"
},
"expansion": "Halang: ka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Halang: ka"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sedang: ka̰"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bdq",
"2": "ka"
},
"expansion": "Bahnar: ka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bahnar: ka"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tampuan: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "South Bahnaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sre-Mnong"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sre: ka"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mnong: ka"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-kat-pro",
"2": "*ʔakaa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Katuic: *ʔakaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Katuic: *ʔakaa (Sidwell, 2005)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pac",
"2": "aca"
},
"expansion": "Pacoh: aca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pacoh: aca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "So: ʔakaa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khasic: *kʰa (Sidwell, 2012)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kha",
"2": "'kha"
},
"expansion": "Khasi: 'kha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khasi: 'kha/dohkha"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lyngngam: əkʰa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Pnar: dəkʰa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khmeric:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "កា"
},
"expansion": "Khmer: កា (kaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khmer: កា (kaa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-khm-pro",
"2": "*kaʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Khmuic: *kaʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Khmuic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Khmu: kaʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ksingmul: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "O’du: kaː"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mangic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Bolyu: qɔ⁵³"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zng",
"2": "ʔaː¹"
},
"expansion": "Mang: ʔaː¹",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Mang: ʔaː¹"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Monic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mnw",
"2": "က",
"tr": "kaˀ"
},
"expansion": "Mon: က (kaˀ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Mon: က (kaˀ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nicobaric: *kaːʔ (Sidwell, 2018)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "caq",
"2": "kāḵ"
},
"expansion": "Car Nicobarese: kāḵ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Car Nicobarese: kāḵ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Nicobaric:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nancowry: kā"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-pal-pro",
"2": "*kaʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Palaungic: *kaʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Palaungic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2015)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lawa:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lwl",
"2": "กะ"
},
"expansion": "Eastern Lawa: กะ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Lawa: กะ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lcp",
"2": "กะ"
},
"expansion": "Western Lawa: กะ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Lawa: กะ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Palaung:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Shwe:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Sam-Loong: ကာ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Plang:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "La Gang: káh"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Man Noi: káʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Riang: kaʔ¹"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mkh-vie-pro",
"2": "*ʔa-kaːʔ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-kaːʔ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-kaːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Proto-Austroasiatic: *kaʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA009)\n* Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kaʔ (Shorto, 2006)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "aav-pro",
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},
"expansion": "*kaʔ",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "aav-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kaʔ",
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"Pages with entries",
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"aav-pro:Fish"
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"fish"
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"sit-pro:Taste"
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Old Chinese: 苦 /*kʰˤaʔ/ (B-S), /*kʰaːʔ/ (ZS) (\"bitter; a bitter plant\"); /*kʰˤa-s/ (B-S, unlisted), /*kʰaːs/ (ZS) (\"difficult, hardship\"); 肝 (gān) /*s.kˤar/ (B-S); /*kaːn/ (ZS) (\"liver\")"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Middle Chinese: 苦 (kʰuoX, kʰuoH/), 肝 (kɑn)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Vietnamese",
"2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">khó</i> (“hard, difficult; delicate”)"
},
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"name": "sit-loan"
}
],
"text": "→Vietnamese: khó (“hard, difficult; delicate”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Vietnamese",
"2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">gan</i> (“liver”)"
},
"expansion": "→Vietnamese: gan (“liver”)",
"name": "sit-loan"
}
],
"text": "→Vietnamese: gan (“liver”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Modern Mandarin"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Beijing: 苦 (kǔ, /kʰu²¹⁴/), 肝 (gān) (gān, /kan⁵⁵/)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Himalayish"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tibeto-Kanauri"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Bodic"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Tibetan"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bo",
"2": "ཁ་བ",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Tibetan: ཁ་བ (kha ba, “bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Written Tibetan: ཁ་བ (kha ba, “bitter”), དཀ་བ (dak ba, “difficult”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tbq-kuk-pro",
"2": "*khaa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khaa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Kuki-Chin: *khaa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zom",
"2": "khe"
},
"expansion": "Zou: khe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zou: khe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Naic"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sit-nas-pro",
"2": "*kʰa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Naish: *kʰa\nNaxi: ka (/kʰɑ³³/)\nNarua: kha (/qʰɑ˥/)\nLaze: [Term?] (/kʰɑ˧/)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Naish: *kʰa\nNaxi: ka (/kʰɑ³³/)\nNarua: kha (/qʰɑ˥/)\nLaze: [Term?] (/kʰɑ˧/)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Nungish:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "raw",
"2": "ka",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Rawang: ka (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Rawang: ka (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Trung/Drung/Dulong: ka (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Boro-Garo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grt",
"2": "kaa",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Garo: kaa (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grt",
"2": "bika",
"t": "liver"
},
"expansion": "Garo: bika (“liver”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Garo: kaa (“bitter”), Garo: bika (“liver”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "trp",
"2": "bə-kʰa"
},
"expansion": "Kokborok: bə-kʰa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kokborok: bə-kʰa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "brx",
"2": "bi-kraʔ"
},
"expansion": "Bodo (India): bi-kraʔ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bodo (India): bi-kraʔ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "der",
"2": "ci-kā²"
},
"expansion": "Deori: ci-kā²",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Deori: ci-kā²"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lolo-Burmese"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Burmish"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ခါး",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Burmese: ခါး (hka:, “bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Burmese: ခါး (hka:, “bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "acn",
"2": "kan⁵⁵"
},
"expansion": "Achang: kan⁵⁵",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Achang: kan⁵⁵"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Yi (Liangshan): ꈌ (ke, “bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaf",
"2": "ka³³"
},
"expansion": "Katso: ka³³",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Katso: ka³³"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Central Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [],
"text": "Lisu (Northern): ꓘꓪꓽ (kʰwɑ̀, “bitter, too salty”)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ycl",
"2": "kar",
"t": "bitter"
},
"expansion": "Lolopo: kar (“bitter”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lolopo: kar (“bitter”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southeastern Loloish"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ypz",
"2": "ka⁵⁵"
},
"expansion": "Phuza: ka⁵⁵",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Phuza: ka⁵⁵"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kar-pro",
"2": "*khaᴮ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Karen: *khaᴮ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Karen: *khaᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ksw",
"2": "ခၣ်"
},
"expansion": "S'gaw Karen: ခၣ် (khà)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "S'gaw Karen: ခၣ် (khà)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pwo",
"2": "ခၪ"
},
"expansion": "Western Pwo: ခၪ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Pwo: ခၪ"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kyu",
"2": "ꤋꤢꤧ꤬"
},
"expansion": "Western Kayah: ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Western Kayah: ꤋꤢꤧ꤬ (hkàe)"
}
],
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{
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"2": "*Ĉ.qɤmᴬ",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ขม"
},
"expansion": "Thai ขม (kǒm)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຂົມ"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຂົມ (khom)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ขื่น"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຂື່ນ",
"3": "",
"4": "bitter, astringent, ascerbic"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຂື່ນ (khư̄n, “bitter, astringent, ascerbic”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *b-kɑ-n (Coblin, 1986)\n** Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-ka-n (Matisoff, 2003; Mortensen, 2012); *ka (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987); *ka (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *kɑ (Chou, 1972)\nDerivative: Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kak (“difficult, hard”).\nCompare Proto-Tai *Ĉ.qɤmᴬ (“bitter”) (Thai ขม (kǒm), Lao ຂົມ (khom)); also compare: Thai ขื่น (kʉ̀ʉn), Lao ຂື່ນ (khư̄n, “bitter, astringent, ascerbic”).",
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{
"english": "liver, heart, bile, bitter",
"word": "m-sin"
},
{
"english": "mouth, opening, door",
"word": "m-ka"
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{
"english": "word, speech, language",
"word": "ka"
},
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"english": "salt",
"word": "tsa"
}
],
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"bitter",
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],
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"reconstruction"
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},
{
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
[
"bile",
"bile"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"liver"
],
"links": [
[
"liver",
"liver"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kaʔ"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ctz",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kaʔ",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Zacatepec Chatino",
"lang_code": "ctz",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Zacatepec Chatino entries with incorrect language header",
"Zacatepec Chatino lemmas",
"Zacatepec Chatino nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"wood"
],
"links": [
[
"wood",
"wood"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kaʔ"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (89ebc88 and e74c913). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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