Protoform: *ma(r)š:u (~-o-)
Meaning: 1 pipe 2 flue
Avar: maš:ú 1
Chamalal: mas:u 2 (Gig.)
Karata: maš:u 1
Comments: In Cham. (U.-Gakv.) the word is reflected as maršʷ 'flue'. This is irregular (normally *š: > Cham. s:, cf. the regular reflex in Gig. mas:u, existing together with a variant maš:u - the latter obviously borrowed from Avar) and suggests the existence of an Av. dialectal form *marš:u > Cham. maršʷ.
