Protoform: *ʁVnc̣V / *ʁVnc̣:V
Meaning: 1 hook 2 molar tooth
Avar: ʁanc̣á 1
Akhvakh: ʁʷenc̣:i 2
Comments: Av. paradigm B (ʁanc̣á-dul, ʁunc̣-bí). There are some irregularities (usual for expressive roots with two stops): excessive labialisation in Akhv., variation between *c̣and *c̣:. The Av. word is also borrowed into several And. languages (Kar. Anch., Cham., God. ʁanc̣a).
