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Etymology: According to most scholars, this root has an onomatopeic origin (Klimov, 1998; Fähnrich, 2007). The phonosemantic nature of the action of licking is visible in a large number of languages across the globe, which have the proto-type *lVp ~ *lVk ~ *lVt for the verb “to lick” and the noun “tongue”: * Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”) *:> English lick *:> Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”) *:> Latin lingō (“to lick, lap”) *:> Sanskrit रिहति (riháti, “to lick”) (Vedic), लिहति (lihati, “to lick”) (Classical) * Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”) *:> Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”) *:> Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”) * Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”) *:> Old Chinese 食 (OC *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”), 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”), 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”) *:> Tibetan ལྡག (ldag, “to lick”), ལྗགས (ljags, “tongue”) (formal) *:> Burmese လျက် (lyak, “to lick”), လျှာ (hlya, “tongue”) *:→ (likely) Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”) *::> White Hmong nplaig (“tongue”) * Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”) *:> Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”) * Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”) *:> Tamil நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”), நக்கல் (nakkal, “food taken by licking”), நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”) *:> Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”) *:> Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”) * Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”) *:> Paiwan djilaq (“to lick”) *:> Malay jilat (“to lick up”), lidah (“tongue”) *:> Tagalog dila (“tongue”), mandila (“to stick out the tongue”) Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-pro|*leyǵʰ-||to lick}} Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), {{cog|en|lick}} English lick, {{cog|grc|λείχω||to lick up}} Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”), {{cog|la|lingō||to lick, lap}} Latin lingō (“to lick, lap”), {{cog|sa|-}} Sanskrit, {{m|sa|रिहति||to lick|tr=riháti}} रिहति (riháti, “to lick”), {{m|sa|लिहति||to lick}} लिहति (lihati, “to lick”), {{cog|sem-pro|*laqq-||to lick}} Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”), {{cog|he|לִקֵּק|t=to lick, lap|tr=likék}} Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”), {{cog|ar|لَعِقَ||to lick}} Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”), {{cog|sit-pro|*m/s/g-ljak||to lick; tongue}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|食|to eat|id=2}} 食 (OC *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”), {{och-l|舐|to lick, lap}} 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”), {{och-l|舌|tongue|id=2}} 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”), {{cog|bo|-}} Tibetan, {{m|bo|ལྡག||to lick}} ལྡག (ldag, “to lick”), {{m|bo|ལྗགས||tongue}} ལྗགས (ljags, “tongue”), {{cog|my|-}} Burmese, {{m|my|လျက်||to lick}} လျက် (lyak, “to lick”), {{m|my|လျှာ||tongue}} လျှာ (hlya, “tongue”), {{cog|hmx-pro|*mblet||tongue}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”), {{cog|mww|nplaig||tongue}} White Hmong nplaig (“tongue”), {{cog|mkh-pro|*liət ~ lit||to lick}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”), {{cog|km|លិទ្ធ||to lick}} Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”), {{cog|dra-pro|*nakk-||to lick}} Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”), {{cog|ta|-}} Tamil, {{m|ta|நக்கு||to lick, lap; licking}} நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”), {{m|ta|நக்கல்||food taken by licking}} நக்கல் (nakkal, “food taken by licking”), {{m|ta|நாக்கு||tongue}} நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”), {{cog|ml|നക്കുക||to lick}} Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”), {{cog|te|నాకు||to lick}} Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”), {{cog|map-pro|*dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq||to lick}} Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”), {{cog|pwn|djilaq||to lick}} Paiwan djilaq (“to lick”), {{cog|ms|-}} Malay, {{m|ms|jilat||to lick up}} jilat (“to lick up”), {{m|ms|lidah||tongue}} lidah (“tongue”), {{cog|tl|-}} Tagalog, {{m|tl|dila||tongue}} dila (“tongue”), {{m|tl|mandila||to stick out the tongue}} mandila (“to stick out the tongue”) Head templates: {{head|ccs-pro|root}} *loḳ-

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      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "食",
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        "1": "舐",
        "2": "to lick, lap"
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      "expansion": "舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”)",
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        "1": "舌",
        "2": "tongue",
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        "2": "-"
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        "2": "-"
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        "1": "mww",
        "2": "nplaig",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "*liət ~ lit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "លិទ្ធ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "dra-pro",
        "2": "*nakk-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நக்கு",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick, lap; licking"
      },
      "expansion": "நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நக்கல்",
        "3": "",
        "4": "food taken by licking"
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        "2": "நாக்கு",
        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
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        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നക്കുക",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "నాకు",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "pwn",
        "2": "djilaq",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "-"
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      "expansion": "Malay",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "ms",
        "2": "jilat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick up"
      },
      "expansion": "jilat (“to lick up”)",
      "name": "m"
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        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lidah",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "lidah (“tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "tl",
        "2": "dila",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "mandila",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stick out the tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "mandila (“to stick out the tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "According to most scholars, this root has an onomatopeic origin (Klimov, 1998; Fähnrich, 2007). The phonosemantic nature of the action of licking is visible in a large number of languages across the globe, which have the proto-type *lVp ~ *lVk ~ *lVt for the verb “to lick” and the noun “tongue”:\n* Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”)\n*:> English lick\n*:> Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”)\n*:> Latin lingō (“to lick, lap”)\n*:> Sanskrit रिहति (riháti, “to lick”) (Vedic), लिहति (lihati, “to lick”) (Classical)\n* Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”)\n*:> Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”)\n*:> Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”)\n*:> Old Chinese 食 (OC *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”), 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”), 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”)\n*:> Tibetan ལྡག (ldag, “to lick”), ལྗགས (ljags, “tongue”) (formal)\n*:> Burmese လျက် (lyak, “to lick”), လျှာ (hlya, “tongue”)\n*:→ (likely) Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”)\n*::> White Hmong nplaig (“tongue”)\n* Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”)\n*:> Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”)\n*:> Tamil நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”), நக்கல் (nakkal, “food taken by licking”), நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”)\n*:> Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”)\n*:> Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”)\n*:> Paiwan djilaq (“to lick”)\n*:> Malay jilat (“to lick up”), lidah (“tongue”)\n*:> Tagalog dila (“tongue”), mandila (“to stick out the tongue”)",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lzz",
            "2": "ლოსქუმს",
            "alt1": "ო-ლოსკ-უ, ო-ლო(ს)ქ-უ"
          },
          "expansion": "Laz: ო-ლოსკ-უ, ო-ლო(ს)ქ-უ (o-losǩ-u, o-lo(s)k-u)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Laz: ო-ლოსკ-უ, ო-ლო(ს)ქ-უ (o-losǩ-u, o-lo(s)k-u)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xmf",
            "2": "ლოკუა",
            "3": "ლოტკუა"
          },
          "expansion": "Mingrelian: ლოკუა (loḳua), ლოტკუა (loṭḳua)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mingrelian: ლოკუა (loḳua), ლოტკუა (loṭḳua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sva",
            "2": "ლილო̂კე"
          },
          "expansion": "Svan: ლილო̂კე (lilôḳe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Svan: ლილო̂კე (lilôḳe)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*leyǵʰ-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lick"
      },
      "expansion": "English lick",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λείχω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick up"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lingō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick, lap"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lingō (“to lick, lap”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "रिहति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick",
        "tr": "riháti"
      },
      "expansion": "रिहति (riháti, “to lick”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लिहति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "लिहति (lihati, “to lick”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*laqq-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "לִקֵּק",
        "t": "to lick, lap",
        "tr": "likék"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لَعِقَ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sit-pro",
        "2": "*m/s/g-ljak",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick; tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "食",
        "2": "to eat",
        "id": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "食 (OC *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "舐",
        "2": "to lick, lap"
      },
      "expansion": "舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "舌",
        "2": "tongue",
        "id": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tibetan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "ལྡག",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "ལྡག (ldag, “to lick”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "ལྗགས",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "ལྗགས (ljags, “tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "လျက်",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "လျက် (lyak, “to lick”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "လျှာ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "လျှာ (hlya, “tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hmx-pro",
        "2": "*mblet",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "nplaig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "White Hmong nplaig (“tongue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkh-pro",
        "2": "*liət ~ lit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "លិទ្ធ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra-pro",
        "2": "*nakk-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நக்கு",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick, lap; licking"
      },
      "expansion": "நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நக்கல்",
        "3": "",
        "4": "food taken by licking"
      },
      "expansion": "நக்கல் (nakkal, “food taken by licking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "நாக்கு",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നക്കുക",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "నాకు",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pwn",
        "2": "djilaq",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick"
      },
      "expansion": "Paiwan djilaq (“to lick”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "jilat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lick up"
      },
      "expansion": "jilat (“to lick up”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "lidah",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "lidah (“tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "dila",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "dila (“tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "mandila",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stick out the tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "mandila (“to stick out the tongue”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to most scholars, this root has an onomatopeic origin (Klimov, 1998; Fähnrich, 2007). The phonosemantic nature of the action of licking is visible in a large number of languages across the globe, which have the proto-type *lVp ~ *lVk ~ *lVt for the verb “to lick” and the noun “tongue”:\n* Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”)\n*:> English lick\n*:> Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”)\n*:> Latin lingō (“to lick, lap”)\n*:> Sanskrit रिहति (riháti, “to lick”) (Vedic), लिहति (lihati, “to lick”) (Classical)\n* Proto-Semitic *laqq- (“to lick”)\n*:> Hebrew לִקֵּק (likék, “to lick, lap”)\n*:> Arabic لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”)\n*:> Old Chinese 食 (OC *ɦljɯɡ, “to eat”), 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick, lap”), 舌 (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”)\n*:> Tibetan ལྡག (ldag, “to lick”), ལྗགས (ljags, “tongue”) (formal)\n*:> Burmese လျက် (lyak, “to lick”), လျှာ (hlya, “tongue”)\n*:→ (likely) Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”)\n*::> White Hmong nplaig (“tongue”)\n* Proto-Mon-Khmer *liət ~ lit (“to lick”)\n*:> Khmer លិទ្ធ (lɨt, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Dravidian *nakk- (“to lick”)\n*:> Tamil நக்கு (nakku, “to lick, lap; licking”), நக்கல் (nakkal, “food taken by licking”), நாக்கு (nākku, “tongue”)\n*:> Malayalam നക്കുക (nakkuka, “to lick”)\n*:> Telugu నాకు (nāku, “to lick”)\n* Proto-Austronesian *dilat ~ *dilap ~ *dilaq (“to lick”)\n*:> Paiwan djilaq (“to lick”)\n*:> Malay jilat (“to lick up”), lidah (“tongue”)\n*:> Tagalog dila (“tongue”), mandila (“to stick out the tongue”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ccs-pro",
        "2": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "*loḳ-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Kartvelian",
  "lang_code": "ccs-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/loḳ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Kartvelian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Kartvelian lemmas",
        "Proto-Kartvelian roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lick",
          "lick"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loḳ-"
}

"loḳ-" meaning in All languages combined

Root [Proto-Kartvelian]