Root of the חקה châqâh family (1 member).

To carve or engrave, particularly by incising lines; more generally, to enact by engraving or inscribing, especially in the context of boundaries, statutes, or images. The term includes both literal physical carving (such as images, inscriptions, or boundary markers) and metaphorical extension to setting something as fixed or established, often by official decree.

Etymology From the root חקה, which relates fundamentally to cutting or incising. Derived from the sense of making a mark or line by carving, the word extends metaphorically to describe the act of fixing something in a permanent manner, much as laws or statutes are made enduring by being carved into stone or metal. Root meaning is 'to carve, cut, inscribe.'

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Chokwe kaka to scratch, scrape -kak-
Kikongo kaka to scratch, engrave, incise, mark with a sharp instrument k-k
Kimbundu kaka to scratch -kak-
Lingala kaka to scratch, scrape, mark -kak-
Lunda kaka to scratch, scrape -kak-
Luvale kaka to scratch, scrape -kak-
Umbundu kaka to scratch -kak-