Proto-North Caucasian: *k_urmäśV / *k_urmäʒ́V
Meaning: a k. of fruit
Notes: An interesting common NC term (although within the data listed there may still be a number of old interlanguage borrowings). The long root structure, of course, is in Caucasian languages very favourable for metatheses, which we observe here in many cases.
We can also mention a quite alone-standing form: Khin. ḳinaz 'grape'. It resembles most the Nakh forms (especially Bacb.), and may be a trace of old Khin.-Nakh contacts. Also borrowed from some neighbour languages (with distortions) are probably some words for 'strawberry' in Andian languages: Cham. q:ermužuq̇: (Gig. q:erbuši), Inkh. χilbač. {The word is found also in Arab. and Berber, see ND 945}.
