| Kaike | |
| Also Known As: | Magar Kaike |
| States: | Nepal |
| Ethnicity: | 2,000 (2011) |
| Speakers: | 50 |
| Date: | 2011 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Tibeto-Kanauri |
| Fam3: | Tamangic |
| Iso3: | kzq |
| Glotto: | kaik1246 |
| Glottorefname: | Kaike |
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 Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).
Honda (2008)[1] 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.[2] Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.[3]
Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.
| No. | Gloss | Kaike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: |