Proto-North Caucasian: *HVlG_wV(l)
Meaning: to swallow
Notes: The root is expressive, and similar to several other EC roots (cf. *HVq̇_Vr 'to drink', *=Hoq̇_V 'to sink', *=HVq̇_wVn 'to swallow'). The Darg. form is somewhat dubious (the PD reconstruction is not certain, and unclear is the loss of *-l-conjugation); still the Avar and Lezgian forms have to be separated from other similar roots.
There can be also reconstructed an expressive noun *G_HwVlṭV 'a gulp, mouthful' - very probably derived from *HV_lGwVl, with an expressive suffix *-ṭV. Cf. PN *q̇urṭ / *q̇orṭ (Chech., Ing. q̇urd, Bacb. q̇orṭ, q̇lorṭ), Lak. q̇Iulṭ, Darg. Chir. ʁIurṭ.
