Protoform: *=iq̇ʷVn
Meaning: 1 to be sufficient, enough 2 to grow
Avar: ʕé- 1
Akhvakh: =iq̇un- 1,2
Chamalal: =uʔn- 1
Tindi: =ujĩ- 1
Karata: =eʔʷan- 1,2
Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan. =uq̇in-, Tseg. =aʔ-, Ratl. =uq̇un- 'to grow'. In And. the root can be observed in the suffix -q̇ʷon which denotes "abundance of smth." (cf. the usage of this root as a postposition or postfix in Lezghian languages). The Avar verb also means 'to grow, to ripen'; the meaning 'to grow' in several Av.-And. languages is due to an influence of another verbal root, PA *=iq̇- < PEC *=irq̇wV (q.v.). In Avar the two roots have completely merged (which explains the loss of -n-conjugation).
The mutual influence of the two roots (further complicated by the presence of still another similar verbal root, *=iq̇- < *=arq̇Vr 'to reach') led to a non-phonetic phenomenon: irregular preservation of *-q̇ʷ- in Proto-Av.-And. *=iq̇ʷVn- (where regularly a shift *-q̇ʷ- > *-ḳ- would be expected).
