Protoform: *xʷibV
Meaning: grave
Avar: χob
Chadakolob: ħub
Andian language: šub
Akhvakh: šobe
Chamalal: hob
Tindi: hoba
Karata: xobo
Botlikh: xumu
Bagvalal: xʷob (Tlis.)
Godoberi: šubu
Comments: Av. paradigm C (χabá-l, χába-l / χáb-zal, Chad. ħubá-l, ħúba-l). Nasal -m- in Botl. is not quite clear. Cf. also Cham. Gig. hubu, Kar. Tok. xobi. The oblique base for this noun can be reconstructed as PA *xʷidV-, cf. Tind. hoja (used as a variant of hoba), Kar. Arch. xodaj, Botl. obl. xud-, God. obl. šud-, plur. šuda-l ('graveyard'), And. (Khaidakov) šuli-bol ( < *šudi-bol) id., Cham. plur. hod-dali.
