Kaike language

Kaike
Magar Kaike
Native to Nepal
Ethnicity 2,000 (2011)[1]
Native speakers
50 (2011 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kzq
Glottolog kaik1246[2]

Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.

Kaike is spoken in Shahartara, Tupatara, Tarakot, and Belawa villages of Sahartara VDC, Dolpa District, Karnali Zone, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Honda (2008)[3] notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper.

Lexicon

Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.

No.GlossKaike
1goldmar
2cowmi
3bloodka:
4blackmyān-
5redlo:-
6greenpiŋ-
7milk cowne-
8threadrup
9heartdiŋ
10(be) drykhār-
11snowliŋ
12henkā:
13eggkā:-pum
14lay eggsphum-
15excrementkhyi
16oneti:
17nose
18to restnā-
19nasal mucusnap
20sevenne
21thinbā-
22eyemi:
23namemin
24fireme
25tonguelai
26month
27ladderli
28heavyli-
29break (e.g., firewood)kyut-
30plough, digkhoə-
31borrow/lendkhyi-
32fieldkhye
33chestgu
34borrowŋan-
35nestcāŋ
36bridgecām
37daughtercame
38hang, tiecun-
39kneadcyen-
40haircham
41liftthi-
42measure (e.g., length)kāt-
43portionkāl
44burnko-
45weighkot-
46shakekhār-
47feedkhoə:-
48grandfatherkhye
49suckŋup-
50cook, put on the stovecu:-
51nowcõ:
52countjyer-
53whattai
54receivetā:-
55post, pillartā:
56spreadtit-
57this yeartiriŋ
58meetdo:-
59need totoə-
60todaytyā
61fullnāŋ-
62tomorrownāpcye
63garlicnoə
64break (itr.)noŋ-
65fearnyin-
66go
67marker of hearsayru
68villagenām
69dogkhyu
70fly (insect)baraŋ
71fishŋā
72foot, legle
73grindra:-
74cliffra:
75fourli
76flattenlep-
77seeraŋ-
78smile, laughrai-
79penislu
80forgetlet-
81rice
82flourrā:pi
83buckwheatbarau:

References

  1. 1 2 Kaike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kaike". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Honda, Isao. 2008. Some observations on the relationship between Kaike and Tamangic. Nepalese Linguistics 23: 85-116.


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