Proto-Lezghian: *ʔič̣ʷä-
Meaning: 1 to come in, enter 2 to come out 3 to come down
Lezghian: eq:-eč̣- 2
Tabasaran: u=č̣̌- 1
Agul: uč̣- 1
Rutul: ä=č̣ʷa- 1
Tsakhur: iḳ-e=č̣e- 1
Kryz: q:ä=č̣- 2
Budukh: ʕ-a=č̣- 1,3
Archi: č̣u- 1
Udi: b-aj- 1
Comment: PL Ablaut *ʔič̣ʷä- / *ʔäč̣ʷä-. The first variant is reflected in Tab., Ag., Arch. (č̣u- < *ič̣u-), cf. also Rut. k-u=č̣-es/k-u=č̣ʷa-s 'to begin'; the second variant - in Lezg., Rut. (ä=č̣ʷa-s), Tsakh., Kryz., Bud. and Ud. (with regular loss of -č̣-), cf. also Arch. a=č̣a-s (dur. =arč̣u-r) 'to hide'. The verb belongs to the strong conjugation and is used in all languages mostly in conjunction with locative preverbs.
See Гигинейшвили 1977, 82.
