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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *egu-
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 sun 2 day
Bizkaian: eguzki 1, egun 2
Gipuzkoan: eguzki, iguzki 1, egun 2
High Navarrese: eguzki, iguzki 1, egun 2
Low Navarrese: ekhi, iguzki 1, egun 2
Salazarese: eki 1
Lapurdian: eguzki, iguzki 1, egun 2
Zuberoan: ékhi 1, égün 2
Roncalese: eki 1, egun 2, (Uztárroz) egú-zku 1
Comments: Some strange variants of the word for 'sun': iduzki (ANV-Elkano), iruzki (GIP-Donostia; and 4 villages in ANV). Changes of velars to dentals are found sporadically in Bsq (Michelena 1961: 65).
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hwī́xq̇V
Meaning: day
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *Hwīq̇_V
Yenisseian: *xiʔ-G, *xi-Ga
Basque: *egu-
Comments and references : BCD 29.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *Hwīq̇_V
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: day
Proto-Nakh: *ʡūq̇V
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *q̇:ʷiʔV
Proto-Tsezian: *qu ( ~ *qo)
Proto-Lak: q̇ini
Proto-Lezghian: *jiq:
Proto-Khinalug: q̇ä
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Part of the forms reflect an adverbial PEC formation *Hwīq̇_ī-(nV) > *Hwq̇_ī(nV) 'by day, today'. The problem of correlation of PEC *Hwīq̇_V 'day' and PNC *wirǝ̄q̇_Ă 'sun' (q.v.) is still open (the derivational pattern is not clear).
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ʡūq̇V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: morning twilight
Chechen: ʕǖq̇ē
Ingush: ʕüjq̇ē
Comments: 4th class in both languages. The Chech. and Ing. forms contain a *-jV-suffix (with another suffixation cf. Chech. ʕǖq̇a-na 'before dawn').
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *q̇:ʷiʔV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: day
Avar: q̇:o
Chadakolob: q̇o
Karata: q̇:ʷoj / q̇:oj
Comments: Av. paradigm A (q̇:o-l / q̇:óji-l, q̇:ója-l, Chad. q̇ó-dul, q̇ója-l). The Kar. form is from the Anch. dialect. Cf. also Av. žá-q̇:a, Chad. é-q̇a-d 'today'.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *qu ( ~ *qo)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: today
Tsezi: ža-qIu-ʎ
Ginukh: ži-qu
Khvarshi: že-qu-ʎ (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: je-qu-ʎ
Comments: PTsKh *qu (present only in compounds meaning 'today').
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: q̇ini
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: day
Lak form: q̇ini
Comments: Cf. Khosr. q̇ini id.; ħa-q̇inu, Khosr. haIq̇inu 'today'.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *jiq:
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: day
Lezghian: juʁ
Tabasaran: jiʁ
Agul: jaʁ
Rutul: jiʁ
Tsakhur: jɨʁ
Kryz: jiʁ
Budukh: jɨʁ
Archi: iq
Udi: ʁi
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. jɨʁ, Tab. Düb. jiq:i, Ag. Bursh. jaʕ, Burk. jaʁ etc. 4th class in all class-distinguishing languages. Obl. base *jiq:a- (cf. Lezg. jiq:a-, Khl. jɨq:a-, Tab. jiʁa-, Rut. jiʁa-, Tsakh. jɨʁɨ-, Kryz. jiʁa-). The Ud. form ʁi is either metathesized or reflects the PL adverbial *q:i (see below).

    Lezghian languages reflect also the adverbial form *q:i / *q:ä 'by day; today': Lezg. q:e, Tab. ʁi, Rut. ʁi-ʁa, Tsakh. ʁi-ńa, Kryz. q:e, Bud. q:e, Ud. ʁe 'today', Arch. qi 'by day'.

    See Трубецкой 1930, 82; Лексика 1971, 183; Гигинейшвили 1977, 85; Талибов 1980, 303.

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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: q̇ä
North Caucasian etymology: 1713
Meaning: day
Khinalug form: q̇ä
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *xiʔG
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: day
Ket: iʔ, pl. ɛkŋ5
Yug: i:h / i:, pl. ɛkŋ5
Kottish: īg, *īx, pl. eäkŋ; Ass. i (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), ɨ (Кл.)
Arin: ji (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), pl. a) -jiŋ: un-jiŋ (М., Сл.1) "week", b) -jink: un-jink (Кл., Сл.2) id. (lit. 'seven days')
Pumpokol: ha (Сл.; in Кл., Сл. probably a miswriting: na)
Comments: ССЕ 296. Werner 1, 389 <*ʔiʔǝgǝ>.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVKV
Meaning : day, sun
Sino-Caucasian : *Hwī́xq̇V
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳʷik 'day' (?) (R 160) [+ A K] (cf. also *guka 'fire' R 264)
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