Protoform: *q̇:ʷalV
Meaning: 1 arm; sleeve 2 armpit 3 armful
Avar: q̇:ʷal 1
Chadakolob: q̇:ʷal 3
Andian language: q̇:ʷa-ƛ̣:u 2
Akhvakh: q̇:ʷa-ƛ̣:i 2
Chamalal: q̇:ʷaj-ƛ̣:
Tindi: q̇:ʷar-ƛ̣:i 2
Karata: ʁʷa-ƛ̣:e 2
Godoberi: q̇:ʷa-zu-ƛ̣:i 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (loc. q̇:ʷalá-ƛ̣: 'under the arm, in the arm-pit'; Chad. q̇ʷalí-l, q̇ʷála-l). Andian forms reflect a subessive *q̇:ʷar-ƛ̣:i < *q̇:ʷal-ƛ̣:i (with dissimilation) = Av. q̇:ʷaláƛ̣:, Chad. q̇ʷa-ƛ̣ ("armpit"). The suffixless form, besides Avar, is preserved only in Akhv. q̇:ʷari 'sleeve of a fur-coat; armful" - but the -r- here raises some problems (it has, perhaps, developped analogically with the dissimilated form *q̇:ʷar-ƛ̣:i). The Kar. form demonstrates a dissimilative voicing of the initial affricate; Cham. (Gig. q̇:o-du-ƛ̣:i) and God. forms also reflect a former subessive case, but from different oblique bases (*q̇:ʷa(l)-dV- and *q̇:ʷa(l)-zV-). From Andian languages is borrowed Inkh. q̇ʷaƛ̣i 'armpit'.
