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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *mV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 hand 2 knee 3 kneeling
Abkhaz: a-na-ṗǝ́ 1
Abaza: naṗǝ 1
Adyghe: ʎagʷanǯa-mǝ-śħ
Kabardian: ʎagʷaźa-mǝš́ħa
Ubykh: ʎa-mā-ša 2
Comments: PAT *na-ṗǝ 'hand' (for -ṗǝ see PWC *ṗA) is obviously a dissimilation from *ma-ṗǝ. The root *ma is clearly seen in compounds like *ma-cʷA 'finger' (Abkh. a-ma-čá, Abaz. ma-čʷǝ), Abkh. a-ma-χʷár 'arm' etc.

    Outside AT the same root (with the general meaning "extremity") can be probably discovered within the common WC designation of "knee": AT *mǝ-qA (Abkh. a-š́a-mχǝ́, Bz. a-š́a-mχǝ́, Abaz. š́a-mqa); Ub. ʎa-mā-ša (where the first part is the PWC root for 'foot, leg' q.v. and the last part is the PWC root for 'head': the whole compound can thus be interpreted as "head of leg's extremity"). In AK this root has survived only within the compound *ʎa-gʷa(n)ža-mǝ-śħa 'kneeling' (*ʎa-gʷa(n)ža is the PAK word for 'knee'). Thus Abdokov's (1983, 79) comparison of PAT *mǝ-qA with an isolated Akhvakh form (Akhv. muq̇u 'knee') should be rejected.

abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *mēɦwV̆
Meaning: hand, extremity (anat.)
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *miħV (/*n-)
Proto-Lak: ḳʷi-jama
Proto-Dargwa: *meħ
Proto-Lezghian: *ħem(a)
Proto-West Caucasian: *mV
Notes: Correspondences are regular (except for the metathesis in Ud.).
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *miħV (/*n-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 leg; shin-bone, tibia 2 heel
Avar: máħu 1
Chadakolob: máħu 1
Chamalal: mah 2
Karata: nihe 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (maħá-lzul, máħa-bi; Chad. maħá-ldul, máħa-l). Cf. also Kar. L.-Enkh. niha, Cham. Gig. mahi. In Kar. there occurred a common change of *m- > n- before a front vowel. If we assume a *ʔi- prefix (used in Akhv. with some body parts), we could also link (*ʔi-miħV > *ʔimHV) Akhv. ʕĩja 'foot, leg' (Magomedbekova: 'foot-kick'), Tseg. ʕĩju 'foot-kick', Ratl. ʕĩjo, Tlan. aʔima id.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ḳʷi-jama
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: handful
Lak form: ḳi-jama
Comments: A compound with ḳi- (ḳʷi-) 'two' ('two cupped hands'); cf. Khosr. ḳʷi-jāma 'handful (two cupped hands)'.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *meħ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hollow of hand, handful
Akusha: meħ
Comments: Cf. also Ur. miħ, Sirg. me, Kait. meʕ, Kub. maj.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ħem(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: arm, wing
Udi: aIm
Comment: An isolated Ud. word (the PL reconstruction is therefore only tentative), but with possible external parallels.
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