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Racine "TK" (main, doigt)

• Niger-Congo: Fulup sik ∼ sex ‘finger,’ Nalu te; NorthCentral, Gur dike ‘1’; Gwa dogbo, Fon ¢`okp´a Ewe ¢`ek´a;
• Bantu: Tonga tiho ‘finger,’ Chopi ts iho, Ki-Bira zika, Ba-Kiokwa zigu.
• Nilo-Saharan: Fur tòk ‘1,’ Maba tëk, Dendje doko ‘ten,’ Nera ¢òkk-u ‘1,’ Merarit tok ‘ten,’ Dinka tok ‘1,’ Berta ¢uk´ ´ oni, ?Mangbetu t’è, Kwama seek-o, Bari to, Jur tok, Twampa ¢`e÷, Komo ¢´e.
• Afro-Asiatic: Proto-Afro-Asiatic *tak ‘1’; Semitic: Peripheral West Gurage tëgu (ëmmat) ‘only 1’; Cushitic: Oromo toko ‘1,’ takku ‘palm (of hand),’ Yaaku tegei ‘hand,’ Saho ti ‘1,’ Bilin tu, Tsamai d¯okko; Berber: Nefusa tukod. ‘finger’; Chadic: Hausa (d. aya) tak ‘only 1,’ Gisiga t¯ekoy ‘1,’ Gidder te-teka, Logone tku ‘first.’
• Indo-European: Proto-Indo-European *deik ‘to show, point,’ *dekm‹ ‘10’; Italic: Latin dig(-itus) ‘finger,’ dic(-¯are) ‘to say,’ decem ‘10’; Germanic: Proto-Germanic *taihw¯o ‘toe,’ Old English tahe ‘toe,’ English toe, Old High German zˆeha ‘toe, finger.’
• Uralic: Votyak odik ‘1,’ Zyrian ˜otik.
• Turkic: Chuvash tek ‘only, just,’ Uighur tek ‘only, merely,’ Chagatai tek ‘only, single,’ Turkish tek ‘only,’ teken ‘one by one.’
• Korean (t)tayki ‘1, thing,’ teki ‘1, guy, thing,’ Old Korean t¯ek ‘10.’
• Japanese-Ryukyuan: Japanese te ‘hand.’Ainu tek ∼ teke ‘hand,’ atiki ‘five.’ Gilyak ˇrak ‘once.’ Chukchi-Kamchatkan: Kamchadal itygin ‘foot, paw.’
• Eskimo-Aleut: Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *q(ì)tìk ‘middle finger’; Eskimo: Kuskokwim tik(-iq) ‘index finger,’ Greenlandic tik(-iq) ‘index finger,’ tikkuagpaa ‘he points to it’; Aleut: Attu tik(-laq) ‘middle finger,’ atgu ‘finger,’ taγataq ‘1,’ Atka atakan. Yeniseian: Proto-Yeniseian *tok ‘finger.’
• Sino-Tibetan: Archaic Chinese *t i@ek ‘single, 1’; Tibeto-Burman: ProtoTibeto-Burman *tyik ‘1,’ Rai tik(-pu), Tibetan (g-)t´sig. Na-Dene: Haida (s-)tl a ‘with the fingers’; Tlingit tl ’eeq ‘finger,’ tl ek ‘1’; Eyak tikhi; Athabaskan: Sarsi tlik’-(aza), Kutchin (˜ı-)¬ag, Hupa ¬a÷, Navajo ¬`a÷.
• Indo-Pacific: Tasmanian: Southern motook ‘forefinger,’ Southeastern togue ‘hand’; West New Guinea: Proto-Karonan *dik ‘1’; Southwest New Guinea: Boven Mbian tek ‘fingernail,’ Digul tuk.
• Austroasiatic: Proto-Austroasiatic *(k-)tig ‘arm, hand’;
• Munda: Kharia ti÷; Mon-Khmer: Riang ti÷, Wa tai÷, Khmer t.ai, Vietnamese tay, ProtoAslian *tik ∼ *tiñ.
• Miao-Yao: Proto-Miao-Yao *nto÷ ‘finger’; Proto-Yao *do÷; Proto-Miao *ntaì ‘point with the finger.’ [PB 356] Daic: Proto-Li *dliañ ‘finger,’ Northern Li tleañ ∼ theñ, Loi thèñ ∼ ´ciañ. [PB 356] ?
• Austronesian: Proto-Austronesian *(tu-)diñ ‘point with the finger.’
• Amerind:

Almosan-Keresiouan: Nootka takwa ‘only,’ Bella Coola ts ’i÷xw ‘five,’ Kalispel ts ’oqw ‘point with the finger,’ Kwakwala sokw ‘five,’ Nitinat -tsoq- ‘in hand,’ Cherokee sakwe ‘1,’ Acoma ÷iskaw, Pawnee uska, Mohawk tsi÷er ‘finger,’ Hidatsa ˇsaki, Winnebago s¯ak, Quapaw ˇcak, Biloxi iˇcaki ‘fingers,’ Yuchi saki ‘hand’;

Penutian: Southern Sierra Miwok ts ik’a÷ ‘index finger,’ Wintun tiq-eles ‘10,’ Nisenan tok- ‘hand,’ Mixe to÷k ∼ tuk’ ‘1,’ Sayula tu÷k, Tzeltal tukal ‘alone,’ Quiche tik’ex ‘carry in the hand,’

Hokan: Proto-Hokan *dìk’i ‘finger,’ Karok t¯ık ‘finger, hand,’ Achumawi (wa-)t´uˇci ‘finger,’ Washo tsek, Yana -ts ’gi- ‘alone,’ East Pomo b¯ı’yats¯ukai ‘finger,’ Arraarra teeh’k ‘hand,’ Pehtsik tiki-vash, Akwa’ala aˇsitdek ‘1’;

Central Amerind: Nahua ts ¨ıikia÷a, Pima Bajo ˇc¯ıˇc, Tarahumara sika ‘hand,’ Mazatec ˇcika÷˜a ‘alone,’ Mangue tike ‘1,’ Cuicatec diˇci ‘10’; Chibchan-Paezan: Chibcha ytiquyn ‘finger,’ aˇcik ‘by ones,’ Borunca e‘tsik ‘1,’ Guatuso dooki, Shiriana ˜ıthak ‘hand,’ Ulua tinka-mak ‘finger,’ Paez tèèˇc ‘1,’ Allentiac tukum ‘10,’ Warrau hisaka ‘finger, 1’;

Andean: Cahuapana itekla ‘finger, hand,’ Jebero it¨okla, Alakaluf t¯akso ‘1,’ Quechua s¯ok; Macro-Tucanoan: Siona tekua, Siona teg-li ‘5,’ Canichana eu-tixle ‘finger,’ Ticuna suku ‘hand,’ Yupua di(x)ka ‘arm,’ Uas¨ona dikaga;

Equatorial: Upano ts ikitik ‘1,’ Aguaruna tikiˇj, Murato ts iˇci ‘hand,’ Uru ts ¯ı ‘1,’ Chipaya zek, Itene taka, Guamo dixi ‘finger,’ Katembri tika ‘toe,’ Yuracare teˇce ‘thumb’;

Macro-Carib: Kukura tikua ‘finger,’ Accawai tigina ‘1,’ Yagua teki; Imihita meux-tsekoa ‘finger,’ Trio tinki ‘1,’ Ocaina dikabu ‘arm’;

Macro-Panoan: Mataco otejji ‘1,’ Tagnani etegueno ‘finger,’ Sensi (nawiˇs)-tikoe ‘1 (finger)’ Cavine˜na eme-toko ‘hand,’ Moseten tak ‘10’;

Macro-Ge: Botocudo (po-)ˇcik ‘1 (finger),’ ˇgik ‘alone,’ Proto-Ge *(pì-)ts i ‘1 (finger).’

Racine "TK" (pied)

• Niger-Congo: Konyagi -tak ‘heel,’ Gurmana -duge, Jarawa -dudug-ul, Kikuyu -togigo. [HJ II]
• Nilo-Saharan: Proto-Kuliak *tak’a ‘foot, shoe,’ takw ‘step on, tread on,’ So tèg ‘foot’;
• Saharan: Daza dige ’leg,’ Kanuri dëñgäl ‘wade,’ Kanembu d˜o. ∼ duu ‘leg,’ Berti taki ‘thigh,’ Karda d`ıg`ı ‘foot.’
• Afro-Asiatic: Omotic: Male toki ‘leg,’ Koyra toke, Kachama tuke, Bambeshi tugè ‘foot,’ Nao tego ‘to go,’ Dime tiñgo;
• Cushitic: Proto-East Cushitic *t¯ak-, Somali tag- ‘to go,’ Dahalo d ¯ aka‘a ‘foot’;
• Chadic: Proto-West Chadic *tak- ‘to walk with somebody, accompany,’ Muzgum t´ugu ‘foot,’ Gollango ta° ‘to go.’
• Dravidian: Proto-Central Dravidian *t¯ak ‘to walk,’ Parji t¯ak, Pengo t¯añ(g), Kui t¯aka. Cf. also Telugu d. ekka ‘hoof,’ Naikri d. ekka, Konda d. eka, Kuwi dekka.
• Caucasian: Proto-Caucasian *t’H˘a ¯ lq’wV ‘part of the leg,’ Proto-East Caucasian *t’wehwV ‘foot,’ Proto-Dido *t’ì q’wV ‘sole of the foot,’ ProtoLezghian *t’elq’wI ‘shin, ankle.’ [C 196]
• Na-Dene: Proto-Eyak-Athabaskan *t’`¯ax ∼ *t’`¯ah ‘foot.’
• Indo-Pacific:
• Tasmanian tok˘ana ‘foot’; Timor-Alor: Abui tuku ‘leg, foot’; Halmahera: Ternate tagi ‘to walk’; Central Melanesian: Savo tetegha ‘foot, lower leg’; Tasmanian: Northeast tage(-na) ‘to walk,’ North taka(-ri), Southeast taga(-ra);
• North New Guinea: Arso taka ‘foot’; Southwest New Guinea: Marind tagu ‘to walk,’ Telefol tek ‘to go’; South New Guinea: Mombum it¨ogh ‘foot,’ Bara togoi ‘leg’; Central New Guinea: Ekari togo ‘to walk,’ Matap tag ‘hip’; East New Guinea: Jegasa Sarau tegi ‘foot.’ [IP 80, T 458]
• Amerind: Almosan-Keresiouan: Mandan dok’a ‘leg,’ Hidatsa idiki; Penutian: Siuslaw ts¯ıkw ‘foot,’ North Sahaptin tëχp ‘with the foot,’ Nez Perce teχ´e÷p ‘foot,’ Wintu t‘ek- ‘move,’ Mixe tek ‘foot,’ Huastec ts ’ehet ‘upper leg’; Hokan: Jicaque tek ‘leg’; Chibchan-Paezan: Borunca tek ∼ dek ‘walk,’ Move dikeko, Atanque dukakana ‘leg,’ Baudo taˇc.i-kini ‘foot’; Andean: Simacu tixea ‘foot,’ Yahgan kadek ‘walk’; Macro-Tucanoan: Tiquie do(γ) ‘leg,’ Wanana dexso ‘thigh’; Equatorial: Tinigua diki ‘foot,’ Piaroa tsih˜ep˜e, Wapishana ˇcikep ‘walk,’ Arawak adikki-hi ‘footprint,’ Miguri guateke ‘walk,’ Guayabero tuk ‘foot,’ Yurucare tekte ‘leg,’ Guahibo taxu ‘foot’; Macro-Carib: Bora take ‘leg,’ Andoke (ka-)dekkhe ‘foot’; MacroPanoan: Cavine˜na edaˇci, Panobo taeg, Mayoruna taku, Amahuaca taku; Macro-Ge: Oti etage ‘leg,’ Cotoxo t¨axkatse, Camican tako-emaÑ ‘walk,’ Proto-Ge *tè ‘leg.’

Racine "sK", pied

• Niger-Congo: Bantu: Proto-Bantu *ts `ak`u ‘calf of the leg.’
• Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Jur ˇcok ‘foot,’ Zilmamu ˇsowa ‘foot,’ Nera ˇsokna ‘foot, claw,’ Proto-Dinka-Nuer *ts ok ‘foot’; Gumuz: Proto-Gumuz *ts ogwa, Proto-Koman *ˇsok, Komo ˇsawkh, Twampa ˇs`og, Kwama sòÑk’.
• Afro-Asiatic: Cushitic: Beja sikwina ‘foot,’ Quara sukan¯a;
• Semitic: Hebrew ˇsoq ‘leg,’ Arabic s¯aq; Berber: Shilha (ta-)zux(-t) ‘foot’; Chadic: ProtoWest Chadic *sAkA ‘leg,’ Bolewa ˇseke ‘foot,’ Fali sika.
• Indo-European: Indic: Sanskrit sak(-thi) ‘thigh’; Iranian: Avestan hax(-ti); Celtic: Welsh heg(-ol) ‘leg, shank.’
• Uralic: Yukaghir ts oγ(-ul) ‘foot, leg’; Ugric: Ostyak s˘ag(-ënt ´ ) ∼ soh(-ët ) ∼ ´sog(-ë´s) ‘back side of the leg from the heel to the bend of the knee (of a human being); back hoof (of a horse); Finnic: Saami ˇcæwˇga ∼ ˇcæwˇge ‘hock of reindeer or other quadruped.’
• Chukchi-Kamchatkan: Kamchadal ts k(-ana) ∼ ts ki ‘foot, leg, paw.’
• Caucasian: Proto-Caucasian *ˇc’V¯ [l]k’wV ‘foot, hoof,’ Proto-Avar-Andi *c’ik’ ¯ˇ wa ‘foot.’ [C 75, DC] Burushaski: Hunza ˇsäk ‘arm, forearm (of a human being); thigh, upper part of the leg (of an animal),’ Werchikwar ˇs.äk. ?
• Sino-Tibetan: Ancient Chinese *tsi wok ‘foot,’ Cantonese ts.uk. Indo-Pacific: Andaman Islands: Onge ts ige ‘leg,’ Biada ts ag, Puchikwar ts ok, Juwoi ˇcok; Central New Guinea: Mikaru saga ‘foot,’ Grand Valley Dani (ne-)sok ‘(my) foot’;
• East New Guinea: Korona sogo ‘foot,’ Sikube suku, Mafulu soge, Kambisa suga.
• Austroasiatic: Munda: Kharia dz uÑ ‘foot’; Mon-Khmer: Mon ts ¨oÑ ‘foot, leg,’ Khmer dz öÑ ‘leg, foot,’ Temiar dz oÑ ∼ dz ukn, Mah Meri dz ogn, Shompen ˇcuk ‘foot.’
• Amerind:
• Almosan-Keresiouan: Proto-Algic *-s¯o÷k-ani ∼ -ˇs¯o÷k-ani ‘hip,’ Kutenai saq’ ‘leg,’ Quileute t-ts ’oqw ‘foot,’ Squamish -ˇcq‘ ‘hip, side,’ Okanagan s-ts ’¯oqan ‘leg,’ Yuchi go-ˇcuko ‘thigh’;
• Penutian: Nass as¯ax ‘foot,’ Siuslaw ts ¯ıkw, Klamath ˇc’¯og ‘leg,’ bo-sak-l’ ‘thigh,’ Lake Miwok ˇc´uki ‘hip,’ Wappo ˇcoke ‘hip bone,’ Zuni sakwi ‘leg,’ Atakapa ÷aˇska ‘foot,’ Huave ts¯ak ‘leg,’ Mam ˇcog, Tzotzil ˇcakil ‘hip’;
• Hokan: Achomawi ˇsak¯o ‘leg,’ Northern Pomo ˇsaku, Eastern Pomo ˇs¯ako, Kashaya ˇsahku, Yana dz uk’uwalla ¯ ‘hip,’ Mohave ts akas;
• Central Amerind: Mazatec n-ts aku ‘his foot,’ Popoloca ts ¯agu ‘leg,’ Mixtec ts aha ‘hip,’ Ixcatec ts aku ‘leg,’ Chocho ts agua;
• Chibchan-Paezan: Tarascan ts ika-hta-kua ‘thigh,’ Murire sokua- gete, Sabanero suaguet ‘leg,’ Binticua ˇj´ukue, Andaqui sogua-para ‘foot,’ Itonama uj-sahua-no ‘leg,’ Jirajira a-sagan-ipipo, Timucua secah;
• Andean: Proto-Quechuan *ˇc.aki ‘foot,’ Yahgan ˇcikan ‘leg,’ Alacaluf ˇcekur ‘foot’; Macro-Tucanoan: S¨ar¨a tsagalo ‘thigh,’ Buhugana sakalo, Yuri sokehry ‘hip’; Equatorial: Campa no-tsaki, Piaroa tsiha ‘thigh,’ Mocochi ˇcuko ‘leg,’ Otomi ˇcuˇcuga ‘thigh,’ Chapacura ˇciki-ˇci ‘foot’;
• Macro-Carib: Trio sako ‘leg,’ Mocoa saku, Ocaina ¨ı÷ˇz´o´oga ‘foot’; Macro-Panoan: TobaGuazu ˇcaga˜ni ‘thigh,’ Cavine˜na etsaka ‘leg,’ Sapiboca eˇcuxu ‘thigh’;
• Macro-Ge: Botocudo ˇz¨ak-merum ‘tibia,’ Masacara ˇs¨u¨oku ‘leg,’ Kaingan (in)-ts o ‘(my) leg.’