> Out of lack of
> time I haven't even updated
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hng.html
> where all this comes from, with
>
> kink Nordwestblock
>
> and the many interesting Sino-Tibetan 'allofams' from Matisoff.
>
Here:
(<> means "co-allofam with")
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *?uk <> *kuk
"crooked/bent/knee/angle/return/back"
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuk "return/year"
Lahu qhò?
("This morpheme means "return" in the sense of "give/take back",
and by extension "year" (a year keeps returning in annual cycles)")
Loloish:
Akha xòq, Ahi khu?44, Sani qhu?22 ...
Qiangic:
Pumi Taoba ko35, Ergong ko, Muya kui53, Queyu ko55 ...
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gu:k <> *m-ku(:)k "crooked/bent/knee/angle"
Bahing guk "be bent" <> kuk "make bent"
Limbu peg&k
Written Tibetan khug(s)
Lushai khu:p
Old Chinese
k'yuk "bend/bent/crooked/unjust"
g'yuk "compressed/bent/curved/curl,twist(hair)"
g'yuk "bend the body"
Lotha n,kho (*m-ku:k) "knee"
Ao naga te-mo-kok "knee" (< *d- + *m-ku:k)
Proto-Lolo-Burmese *guk "crooked/bent/knee/angle"
Lahu qò?
Torsten