Protoform: *ʔaχin ( ~ -o-,-q-)
Meaning: 1 log 2 ceiling beam (lengthwise) 3threshing shaft
Avar: bal-áhin 3
Chamalal: aχim (Gig.) 2
Tindi: aχin 2
Karata: ahimo 1
Bagvalal: ahim 1
Godoberi: aχimu 1
Comments: The Av. word has a precise meaning: "shaft fastened to the threshing boards"; the first part of the compound goes back to PEC *w-VŁV 'threshing board' (q.v.) (cf. also Kuyad. bol-bo 'threshing board'). Accent paradigm B ~ C (baláha-dul, baláha-bi). Cf. also Kar. Anch. ãχib 'log' - which shows that forms in -m(V) actually go back to the PA plural *ʔaχin-bV.
