Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *ḳaru ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: log

Akhvakh: ḳaru (Ratl.)

Chamalal: č̣aw

Tindi: ḳ́aru

Karata: ḳaru

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. č̣aru (Bokarev: c̣aru) id.

Protoform: *ḳi-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: two

Avar: ḳi-go

Chadakolob: ḳi-gu

Andian language: č̣e-gu

Akhvakh: ḳe-da

Chamalal: eč̣i-da

Tindi: ḳ́e-ja

Karata: ḳe-da

Botlikh: ḳe-da

Bagvalal: ḳ́e-ra

Godoberi: ḳ́e-da

Comments: Cf. also Сham. Gig. č̣e-da, Bagv. Tlis. č̣e-da.

Protoform: *ḳič̣V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hook 2 hinge, buckle 3 noose 4 loop

Avar: ḳič̣ 1,3

Chamalal: ḳič̣ʷ 2

Godoberi: ḳič̣i 4

Comments: Cf. also Av. ḳič̣- 'to bend', God. ḳič̣-ĩ id. A quite strange form is Av. (Uslar) kuc 'metallic button' - is it a dialectal form of the same root, modified under influence of kuc 'shape'?

Protoform: *ḳi(n)ḳi-m

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dung (of a sheep, horse)

Andian language: ḳiḳim

Comments: Isolated in And., but having probable external parallels.

Protoform: *ḳinḳV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 nut 2 grape

Andian language: č̣ič̣il 2

Chamalal: č̣inḳʷ 1

Godoberi: ḳiḳi 2

Protoform: *ḳirV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: big knife, hatchet

Avar: ḳerelo (Unt.)

Akhvakh: ḳeru (Tlan.)

Protoform: *ḳiš:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Chamalal: č̣is:

Tindi: ḳ́eš:u

Bagvalal: ḳ́eš:ʷ

Godoberi: ḳiš:u

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. č̣is:i.

Protoform: *ḳiṭum

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trunk, box

Chadakolob: ḳíṭum

Comments: Av. > Arch. ḳinṭum id. Old Avar loanwords are PTsKh *ḳɨṭ[u]m 'trunk' (Gin. ḳeṭun, Tsez. ḳemoṭ / ḳemeṭ, Inkh. ḳɨṭomol = Av. pl. ḳíṭumal) and Bezht. ṭiḳaban (with metathesis and shift of nasalisation < *ḳiṭamal = Inkh. ḳɨṭomol, see above).

Protoform: *ḳ:alV ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ravine

Avar: ḳ:al

Akhvakh: ḳ:ʷā

Chamalal: ḳ:al

Tindi: k:al (Gudava)

Karata: ḳ:al

Bagvalal: ḳal

Comments: Av. paradigm C (ḳ:alá-l, ḳ:ála-l). Cf. also Kar. Tok. ḳ:eli id. Some Andian forms may be borrowed from Avar.

Protoform: *ḳ:ara

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mosquito 2 gadfly 3 ant, bug

Avar: ḳ:ará 1

Chadakolob: ḳará 1

Andian language: ḳ:ara 1

Akhvakh: ḳ:ara 3

Chamalal: c̣:ara 2 (Gig.)

Tindi: ḱ:ara 1

Karata: ḳ:ara 2

Bagvalal: č̣:ara 1

Godoberi: ḱ:ara 1,2

Comments: Av. paradigm B (ḳ:ará-dul; Chad. ḳirí-l, ḳará-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan. ḳ:ara 'mosquito'. Cham. U.-Gakv. ḳ:ara (as well as Gig. - in a MSU recording - ḳ:ara) is a recent loan from Avar. Old Cham. or Tind. > Khvarsh. (Ram.) ,Inkh. ḳara 'mosquito'. Av. > Arch. ḳara id.

Protoform: *ḳ:imor/*ḳ:irom (~a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stone roller (for rolling roofs)

Akhvakh: ḳ:eme

Chamalal: ṣeran-ṭʷ

Tindi: ḱ:iram

Karata: ḳ:imer

Bagvalal: ḳ́:irʁam

Godoberi: giramu

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan. ḳ:eq̇ul, Ratl. ḳ:amaq̇ul 'roller handles' ( = North. ḳ:eme-q̇ori id.); Cham. Gig. c̣:iram, Kar. Anch. ḳ:eram, Tok. ḳ:iram 'roller'. -ʁ- in Bagv. is unclear; Cham. (U.-Gakv.) has an expressive suffix -ṭʷ. God. has voiced g- because of the influence of PA *gir- 'round, to roll' (q.v.). Old Tind. > Inkh. ḳeran id.

Protoform: *ḳ:unʔi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kidney 2 liver

Andian language: ḳ:unu

Chamalal: ḳū̃ 2

Tindi: k:ū̃ 1

Godoberi: k:ũji

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. ḳũj.

Protoform: *ḳ:ur(u)ḳ:-ul

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 apricot 2 plum, damson

Chadakolob: kurúḳ 1

Andian language: ḳurḳul 2

Chamalal: ḳ:uḳ:ul 1

Tindi: k:uk:ul 1

Comments: Av. paradigm C (kurḳí-l, kúrḳa-l/kurúḳa-l). The And. form (MSU) may be a misrecording instead of *ḳ:urḳ:ul. Cf. also Av. (Unt.) ḳalḳuli 'damson'. And. (Tind.-Cham.) > Khvarsh., Inkh. ḳurḳul 'apricot'; Av. > Akhv. kuraḳe id.

Protoform: *ḳ:VrV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lock, tuft (of hair,nap)

Avar: ḳ:or

Comments: Paradigm A (gen. ḳ:óri-l). There are no Andian parallels, but rather probable external ones.

Protoform: *ḳ:ʷa- (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to kill 2 to hammer in, kill (with a gun)

Andian language: ḳ:ʷab-d- 1

Tindi: k:ʷē- 2

Karata: ḳ:ʷab- 1

Godoberi: k:ʷan- 1

Comments: All languages reflect "stem II" with different suffixes (*ḳ:ʷa-d-, *ḳ:ʷa-b- or *ḳ:ʷa-m-; cf. also Kar. Tok. ḳ:um-). The suffixless (but reduplicated) root is probably present in Tind. k:ʷak:ʷa-ʎa 'to knock'. In And. the root is used only by women (as opposed to ǯab- q.v.).

Protoform: *ḳ:ʷinhi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: smoke

Avar: ḳ:uj

Chadakolob: ḳʷi

Andian language: ḳ:ʷoj

Akhvakh: ḳ:ʷī̃

Tindi: k:ʷĩ

Karata: ḳ:ũji (Tok.)

Bagvalal: ḳ:ũj

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. ḳ:ũj. Av. paradigm A (ḳ:új-dul, ḳ:úja-l).

Protoform: *ḳ:ʷVnV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fir-tree

Avar: ḳ:ʷeni (dial.)

Comments: Cited from Mikailov 1959.

Protoform: *ḳoḳV-mV ( ~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: butterfly

Chamalal: ḳaḳuma (Gig.)

Bagvalal: ḳ́aḳ́ima

Comments: An irregular transformation of the same root is Tind. ḳurḳula 'butterfly'.

Protoform: *ḳonča

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: onion

Andian language: ḳonča

Tindi: ḳ́anča

Karata: ḳanča

Godoberi: ḳ́anči

Comments: An aberrant form is attested in Cham.: Gig. anči 'onion'. Since the original meaning of the root was probably "a bundle (of onions, garlics)", it may have contaminated with Cham. anč 'mane' (q.v.).

Protoform: *ḳonč:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lizard

Andian language: ḳonč:u

Akhvakh: ḳãc:ara

Chamalal: ḳanḳʷarac

Tindi: ḳ́anč:i

Karata: ḳ́änč:i (Tok.)

Bagvalal: ḳ́anš:ʷ

Comments: An expressive root with some irregularities (cf. also ḳača in Cham. Gig. ṭaχ:e-ḳača 'lizard'); however, the basic root *ḳonč:V is clearly reconstructable.