Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ata

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cat

Akusha: gata

Chiragh: k:ata

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Sirg. gata, Kharb., Tsud. k:ata. Kub. č:itu < Lak.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:aw

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: smoke

Akusha: gaw

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gaw, Gapsh. k:aw etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:eč:-ba

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kid

Akusha: gežba

Comments: Cf. also Ur. giǯwa, Kub. k:ičba, Tsud. k:ičba id. *-ba is probably an original plural suffix.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ek:ʷa-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cuckoo

Akusha: gegut

Chiragh: k:ik:up

Comments: Darg. dialects reflect a basic form *k:ek:ʷa- with various expressive suffixes: cf. Kub. k:ʷak:ʷa, Ur. gigug, Tsud. k:uk:uk, Kait. k:uk:up.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:[e]ma

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: godeḳan

Akusha: gumaj

Chiragh: k:ama

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gumaj, Kait. č:ima-sala, Kub. k:uma-la. All dialects (except Chirag) reflext suffixed forms (original locatives).

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ik:ari/k:idik:ari

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: egg

Akusha: gidgari

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gidgari, Kharb. k:idik:ari, Gapsh. č:ik:ari etc. An expressive root, liable to irregular transformations (not clear is the syllable -di- in Inlaut); -ari is probably a former plural suffix.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ilt:- (~g,d)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tickling

Akusha: gildi, gidgid

Proto-Dargwa: *k:imi, *k:im-bi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bridge

Akusha: gumi

Chiragh: č:ime

Comments: Cf. also Ur. ɣubi, Kub. č:imi, Tsud. k:ubi. The form with *-bi, reflected in several dialects is the old plural.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:imirsi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: quince

Akusha: gimirhi

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gimirʔa, Kait. č:imisi, Kub. č:imite id.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:uli

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 skin 2 sheepskin

Akusha: guli 1,2

Chiragh: k:ule 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. ɣuli, Kub. k:ule 'skin, hide' etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:urc:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dumpling

Chiragh: k:urc:

Comments: The form is attested only in Chir.; however, from one of the Darg. dialects it was borrowed in Lak. (Arak., cited from Хайдаков 1966) k:urc:ari 'dumplings stuffed with curds' (the form in -ari is typically Darghian).

Proto-Dargwa: *k:urt:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fox

Akusha: gurda

Chiragh: k:urt:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gurda, Kub. k:ūt:a, Tsud. k:urt:a.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:urt:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 shirt 2 dress

Akusha: gurdi 2 (Muir.)

Chiragh: k:urt:e 1

Comments: Cf. also Kait. k:urt:i 'shirt'.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:utan

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plough

Akusha: gutan

Comments: Cf. also Kad. ɣutan, Kharb., Tsud. k:utan id.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ʷac:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mare

Akusha: gaza

Chiragh: k:ʷac:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gʷaza, Kub. k:ʷac:a. Darg. > Lak. k:ac:a (Khosr. k:ʷac:a) 'mare', Arch. gʷac:i id.

Proto-Dargwa: *k:ʷač:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bitch

Akusha: gaža

Comments: Cf. also Ur. gʷaǯa, Kharb. k:ʷač:a, Tsud. k:uč:a. Kub. k:ʷač:e, because of final -e, is irregular and may be a Lak. loanword. On the other hand, the Darg. word (forms like Ur. gʷaǯa) was borrowed in Lak. guža 'bitch' (thus creating an etymologic doublet k:ʷač:i 'dog' : guža 'bitch'), whence Arch. guža id.

Proto-Dargwa: *kub

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: word

Chiragh: kub

Comments: Cf. also Kub. kub id.

Proto-Dargwa: *kub

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pressed dung

Chiragh: kub-ar

Proto-Dargwa: *kuč

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bitch

Chiragh: kuč

Comments: The word is attested only in Chir. and hence suspicious; but no immediate source of loan for this word can be discovered (in Lak. and in Avar dialects we have kuča, and in Agul - kač; phonetically they could not result in Chir. kuč).

Proto-Dargwa: *kumk-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: light (of weight)

Akusha: kunk-si

Chiragh: kuk-ze

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kharb. kumk-, Tsud. kunk-, Kait. kuk-.