壮语to^4ka:i^5探源

Study on to^4ka:i^5 in Zhuang(壮) Language

壮语to^4ka:i^5意为“东西；物品”,第一个音节to^4的原始形式应该是名词词头toη~6,由于弱读引起韵尾脱落,声调发生变化；第二个音节ka:i^5是个指称东西、物品的量词。

In Zhuang（壮） language, the meaning of the word to^4ka：i^5 is something or things. Its first syllable to^4 must from the original form of noun preffix toη^6, which has been weeked with the -η dropping and tone changing. The second syllable ka：i^5 is from the original form of the classifier ka：i^5, which is used to distinguish different things.