Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *kV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: interrogative stem

Avar: ki-

Chadakolob: ka-

Comments: Cf. Av. ki-b 'where', kí-ʕan 'how many', kí-da 'when', ki-n 'how', kí-na-b 'which' etc. The suffixed -go (in literary Avar) changes the quantor reference: kínab-go 'every, all' ( = Chad. kana-w) etc.

Although this root is isolated in Av., it has reliable external parallels.

Protoform: *kVc̣V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: puppy

Avar: kaʕíc̣

Comments: The Av. form (quoted from Khaid.) has a typical Av. infix -ʕ-, characteristic for names of young animals. A very strange form (expressively reformed?) is Av. Chad. koʕó 'puppy'.

Protoform: *kVrčV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sole of a sock; (pl.) shabby woollen foot-wear

Avar: koroč (Ants.)

Comments: Quoted from MD. The pl. form is korč-ar, and the singular koroč is probably an analogical neoplasm instead of *korč.

Protoform: *kVš:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a device for cutting hay

Avar: kašu (Ants.)

Comments: Cited from Микаилов 1959.

Protoform: *kVṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scoop

Akhvakh: kiṭi

Comments: Attested only in Akhv., but having probable external parallels.

Protoform: *kʷač̣V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: paw

Avar: kʷač̣

Chadakolob: kʷač̣

Andian language: kʷač̣a

Akhvakh: kʷač̣i

Karata: kʷač̣a

Comments: Av. paradigm C (kʷač̣í-l, kʷáč̣a-l). Cf. also Kar. Tok. kʷač̣i, koč̣i id. Av. kʷač̣ > Arch. kʷač̣ id.

Protoform: *kʷanʔi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 torch 2 light (n.) 3 bright, light (adj.)

Avar: kan 1

Chadakolob: kán-ti 2

Andian language: kʷana- 3 (Khaidakov)

Akhvakh: kʷani 2

Chamalal: kʷā̃ 1

Tindi: kʷā̃ 1

Karata: kʷano 2

Godoberi: kʷãji 1

Comments: The noun and adjective 'light' in Av.-Andian languages are derived from the noun *kʷanʔi 'torch'. Cf. also Av. kan- 'light' (adj.), kán-ʎi 'light' ( = Chad. kánti, Cham. kʷana-ʎi, Gig. kun-ʎir) > Tsez., Gin., Inkh., Gunz., Bezht. kanʎi; Tind. kʷana 'light' (n.), Cham. kʷanu- (Gig. kuni), God. kʷanu 'light' (adj.).

There also exists a very close verbal root: Av. =ak- (Chad. =ak-) 'to set fire', PA *=ikʷV(n)- > And. =ikʷ- 'to catch fire', Akhv. Tseg. =uk- 'to set fire', Cham. =ikʷVn- (Gig. =ikVn-) 'to set / catch fire', Tind. =uk- 'to burn', Kar. =ekʷ-, God. =uk- 'to set fire'.

Protoform: *kʷandar ( ~ o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 churn 2 small jar, pitcher

Chadakolob: kudári 2

Akhvakh: kʷãdari 1

Karata: kʷadar 2

Comments: Cf. also Av. Gid. kudari 'big jar for water' (Микаилов 1959). The aberrant form Av. Andal. kʷatar 'jar' is probably a loan from Lezghian languages (cf. Kryz. kutar id.). Av. kudari was borrowed in Tsezian languages: Gin. kudari, Bezht. kudaj (Khosh. kudari, Tlad. küdäri), Gunz. kudari 'small jar'.

Protoform: *kʷanš:a (~-o-,-o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 foot 2 paw

Chamalal: kʷans:a 2

Tindi: kʷanš:a 1,2

Bagvalal: kʷanš:a 1

Comments: Cf. also Bagv. Tlis. koš:a.

Protoform: *kʷanχ:i ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: scraper, iron shovel

Avar: kʷarχ:í

Akhvakh: kʷãχ:i

Karata: kʷanχ:e

Comments: Av. paradigm B (kʷarχ:í-dul, kʷarχ:á-bi). Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. kʷanχ:i, Kar. Tok. koχ:i.

Protoform: *kʷašV (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 paw 2 foreleg

Akhvakh: kʷaši 1,2

Chamalal: koša 2 (Gig.)

Karata: kʷaša 1 (Archo.)

Comments: The root is to be distinguished from PA *kʷanš:a (~o) q.v.

Protoform: *kʷiba

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: prayer

Chamalal: koba

Godoberi: kuba-dir

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. kuba. Other Andian languages reflect a specific compound of two roots *kakV-kʷiba (for the etymology of the 1st part see PEC *kăkV): And. k:uba (with tense k:-!), Akhv. kakiba / kakuba, Tind. ḱabḱa / ḱaḱwa, Kar. kawka (Tok. kakba). Old Tind. > Inkh. kakba 'prayer'.

Protoform: *kʷibV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: iron

Andian language: k:ub

Chamalal: koba

Tindi: kuba

Karata: kuba

Bagvalal: kuba

Godoberi: kubi

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. kuba. Initial k:- in Andian is quite strange and unexplicable (although hardly a misspelling - k:- is recorded both in Leksika 1971 and by MSU).

Protoform: *kʷili

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: an open enclosure (for sheep)

Avar: lol

Akhvakh: kolo

Chamalal: kʷel

Tindi: koli

Karata: koli (Tok.)

Comments: Av. paradigm B ~ C (gen. lolí-l). Cf. also Cham. Gig. koli id. The correspondence Av. l- : PA *kʷ- points to a lateral *Łʷ in Proto-Av.-And.

Protoform: *kʷilV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheaf

Avar: gul

Chadakolob: gul

Andian language: kʷol

Akhvakh: koli

Chamalal: kʷel

Tindi: koli

Karata: kole

Godoberi: koli (Gud.)

Comments: Av. paradigm C (gulí-l, pl. gúla-l; Chad. gulí-l, gúl-dal). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Ratl. kʷeli, Cham. Gig. koli id. The rare correspondence Av. g- : PA *kʷ- points to a specific Av.-And. reflex of PEC *k- with a tense phonation.

Protoform: *kʷinʔi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Avar: kuj

Chadakolob: kʷi

Andian language: kun

Chamalal: kʷī

Tindi: kʷī̃

Karata: kũji

Botlikh: kũʔi

Bagvalal: kũʔi

Godoberi: kũji

Comments: Av. paradigm A (kúj-dul, kúj-dul). Cf. also Cham. Gig. kũj (pl. kuma), Gad. kuj.

Protoform: *kʷinṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 husband 2 male

Andian language: kunṭa 1,2

Chamalal: kʷinṭa- 2

Tindi: kʷinṭa- 2

Karata: kunṭa 1,2

Botlikh: kunṭa 1,2

Bagvalal: kunṭa 1,2

Godoberi: kunṭa 1,2

Comments: Cf. also Cham. kʷinṭa-ʎi 'penis'.

Protoform: *kʷirṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hammer 2 axe

Avar: kʷarṭá 1

Andian language: kurṭa 1

Akhvakh: koṭa 1

Chamalal: koṭa 2

Tindi: koṭa 1,2

Karata: korṭa 1

Bagvalal: koṭa 1

Godoberi: kurṭa 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B (kʷarṭí-l, kurṭ-bí). Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. korṭa 'hammer', Cham. Gig. kuṭa 'axe'. Av. > Tsez., Gin. kʷarṭa 'hammer'.

Protoform: *kʷirV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 trough, gutter 2 a k. of jar

Andian language: koru 2

Akhvakh: koro 1

Chamalal: kū̃ 1

Tindi: koru 1

Karata: kore 1

Comments: Cf. also Kar. Anch., Cham. Gig. koru id.

Protoform: *kʷiṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 forelock 2 cock's comb

Avar: kaṭári 1

Akhvakh: ḳuṭi 2

Comments: Av. has a suffixed form; in Akhv. a secondary assimilative glottalisation.