Kaike | |
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Magar Kaike | |
Native to | Nepal |
Ethnicity | 2,000 (2011)[1] |
Native speakers | 50 (2011 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kzq |
Glottolog | kaik1246 |
ELP | Kaike |
Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.
Distribution
[edit]Kaike is spoken in Shahartara, Tupatara, Tarakot, and Belawa villages of Sahartara VDC, Dolpa District, Karnali Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).
Linguistic contact
[edit]Honda (2008)[2] 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.[3] Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.[4]
Lexicon
[edit]Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.
No. | Gloss | Kaike |
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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
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Honda, Isao. 2018. Preliminary report on Tichyurong Tibetan (Dolpa, Nepal). Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.
- ^ Zemp, Marius. 2023. Tichurong-Tibetic influence in the grammar of Kaike (Nepal). 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.