Proto-Basque: *nega- / *niga-
Meaning: 1 tears, weeping 2 rennet 3 skin rash (scurf, herpes)
Bizkaian: negar 1, (Ubidea) negar 2
Gipuzkoan: negar 1
High Navarrese: negar 1, (Lezaka) negel 3
Low Navarrese: nigar, (Aldude) negal 3, (Garazi) negel 3
Salazarese: negar, near 1
Lapurdian: negar, nigar 1, (Ainhoa) negal 3, (Gethari) negel 3
Baztanese: nigar 1, negal 3
Aezkoan: nigar 1
Zuberoan: nĩ́gar 1, negel 3
Comments: Note the general tendency of western Bsq /e/ vs. eastern /i/ in words for 'tears'. There is an old ablaut alternation in PEC: *nĕwq̇ŭ / *nĭwq̇V̆-, which may have been redistributed regionally in Bsq.
