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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *=ax- ( ~ -o-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to whet
Avar: ƛ:-ux-
Chadakolob: ƛ-ux-
Chamalal: =āh-
Tindi: =āh-
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. =āh- 'to whet'. Length of vowel in Cham. and Tind. is not clear; otherwise correspondences are regular. Av. ƛ:- is an expressive preverb.

    Since in Avar the verb ƛ:-ux- means both 'to whet' and 'to sweep' ( = 'to make clean, polished'), it seems possible to relate here also the PA word for 'broom, besom' *ʔi(r)xu: Cham. īhʷ (Gig. ihu), Tind. ehu, Kar. erxu, Bagv. erxʷ (Tlond. ehʷ).

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