Proto-Tsezian: *=Ṽš:V
Meaning: 1 short 2 thin 3 narrow
Tsezi: niši, nišju 1,2
Ginukh: niššu 2
Khvarshi: niššü 2 (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: niššu 2,3
Bezhta: =ašo 1; šušijo 2
Gunzib: =ɔ̃šu 1; šũššu2
Comments: PTsKh *n[e]š(-iju), PGB *=ɔ̃šu (cf. also Khosh. =ä̃ššö, šüšijö). The meaning "thin" in PGB is expressed by a reduplication *šũš(-iju). Vocalic correlations between all these variants are somewhat unclear (traces of Ablaut?).
