Proto-Lezghian: *č̣ekʷe- ( ~ -ä)
Meaning: 1 to be hooked, curved 2 hooked, curved
Rutul: č̣u=kʷe- 1
Tsakhur: qɨ-č̣otkɨri-n 2
Comment: Cf. also Rut. (participial) č̣uku-d 'hooked, curved'; the Tsakh. form is obviously also participial, but the deriving verb stem is not recorded. Expressive variations of the same stem are probably Tab. c̣a=k-, Ag. c̣ak- 'to be curved' (cf. also Tab. ʁa-c̣a=ku, Ag. c̣aku-f 'hooked, curved').
