Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *pɨ-ƛʷ- (~ -i-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to blow 1 to swell, blow up 2 to whistle

Tsezi: peƛʷa 1

Ginukh: peƛ- 2

Bezhta: püƛe-

Gunzib: puƛa

Comments: PTsKh *piƛʷ- (~-ɨ-); PGB *puƛ-.

Proto-Tsezian: *pɨr A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lightning 1 thunder

Tsezi: per 1

Bezhta: pir (Tlad.)

Gunzib: pɨr

Comments: PGB *pɨr.

Proto-Tsezian: *pɨṭʷVr-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 urine bladder 2 lung

Inkhokvari: puṭeru

Bezhta: pirṭi (Tlad.)

Gunzib: pɨrṭi

Comments: PGB *pɨrṭi ( < *pɨṭʷVri, cf. the Inkh. form).

Proto-Tsezian: *pɨχ:ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: diarrhea

Bezhta: puχi

Comments: Attested only in Bezht. (thus in PTs it is also possible to reconstruct -u- and -ʁʷ-), but having reliable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *pop

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: foam

Bezhta: pöp

Gunzib: pob

Comments: PGB *pop.

Proto-Tsezian: *poro

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: part of face under the nose

Bezhta: poro

Gunzib: poro

Comments: PGB *poro.

Proto-Tsezian: *pɔsu (~-ɔ̃-,-s:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cattle

Tsezi: posu

Ginukh: posu

Khvarshi: posu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: posu

Comments: PTsKh *posu.

Proto-Tsezian: *pɔχ: (~-ʁ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 dust 2 steam

Bezhta: paχ 1

Gunzib: pɔχ 1,2

Comments: PGB *pɔχ.

Proto-Tsezian: *pura-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bellows

Bezhta: püräh-ägö (Tlad.)

Comments: Cf. also Khosh. pürädägi id. An expressive stem, preserved only in Bezht. Formally it is derived from püräh- 'to blow' (iter.) which is in its turn derived from pü- (cf. pü-ƛe- 'to blow') - which may be, however, a later morphological re-analysis.

Proto-Tsezian: *ṗVz(:)Vḳ-/ḳVṗVz(:)-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: whirligig, humming-top

Tsezi: ṗezeḳru

Bezhta: ḳamṗuz (Khosh.)

Gunzib: ḳamṗuz

Comments: An extremely irregular expressive stem.

Proto-Tsezian: *qajre

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grey

Khvarshi: qajre

Inkhokvari: qajre

Comments: PTsKh *qajre.

Proto-Tsezian: *qama ( ~ ɔ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: straw

Bezhta: qämä

Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Khosh. qämä 'stalk'. Isolated in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *qaṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: freckle

Tsezi: qaṭ

Comments: Isolated in Tsez., but with probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *qečV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: corn, grain

Tsezi: qiči

Ginukh: qiči

Khvarshi: qeč (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: qeče

Comments: PTsKh *qeče.

Proto-Tsezian: *qẽj A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hare

Tsezi: qIaj

Ginukh: qi

Khvarshi: qe (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: qIẽ

Bezhta: qi (Khosh.)

Gunzib: qi

Comments: PTsKh *qIẽj (cf. also Tsez. Kid. qa, Kh. qIa, (Imn.) qIaj / qIe); PGB *qĩ, obl. base *qijV- (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. qija /reflecting the original oblique base/, Gunz. obl. base qijo-, Gunz. Nakh. qĩ with preservation of nasalisation).

Proto-Tsezian: *qeƛ-cV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pillow

Tsezi: qIiƛci

Ginukh: qicca

Khvarshi: qicca (Radzhibov)

Comments: PTsKh *qeƛcV.

Proto-Tsezian: *qɨ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wheat

Bezhta: qibo (Khosh.)

Gunzib: qɨbǝ

Comments: PGB *qɨ-bǝ, where -bǝ is most probably the old plural marker.

Proto-Tsezian: *qɨd ( ~ -e-,-ǝ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wall

Tsezi: qido

Khvarshi: qad

Inkhokvari: qod

Comments: PTsKh *qǝd(o).

Proto-Tsezian: *qɨma A (~-i- B)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 rain 2 clouds

Tsezi: qema 1

Ginukh: qema 1

Khvarshi: qema 2

Bezhta: qimaro 2 (Khosh)

Comments: PTsKh *qɨma. In Bezht. only the original plural form (meaning 'clouds') is preserved.

Proto-Tsezian: *qo-(nɔ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: twenty

Tsezi: qu

Ginukh: qu

Khvarshi: qun

Inkhokvari: quno

Bezhta: qona

Gunzib: qono

Comments: PTsKh *qu-(no); PGB *qo-(nɔ).