Protoform: *ḳič̣V
Meaning: 1 hook 2 hinge, buckle 3 noose 4 loop
Avar: ḳič̣ 1,3
Chamalal: ḳič̣ʷ 2
Godoberi: ḳič̣i 4
Comments: Cf. also Av. ḳič̣- 'to bend', God. ḳič̣-ĩ id. A quite strange form is Av. (Uslar) kuc 'metallic button' - is it a dialectal form of the same root, modified under influence of kuc 'shape'?