Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *d-alq̇-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to dangle, shake

Chiragh: dalq̇-aʁ-

Comments: A compound verb (with the second component aʁ- 'to drive, urge').

Proto-Dargwa: *d-aqIala

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: laugh

Chiragh: daqIala

Proto-Dargwa: *daraz

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: threshing-floor

Chiragh: daraz

Proto-Dargwa: *darš:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hundred

Akusha: darš

Chiragh: darš:

Comments: Cf. also Ur. darš id.

Proto-Dargwa: *daχIim-c̣ala

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mirror

Akusha: daIħimc̣ala

Comments: Cf. also Ur. daIħumc̣ala, Kub. laIħaImc̣ala, Kait. daIħinc̣ala etc. Most dialects point to PD *χI (e.g. Kub. -ħ- only goes back to χI), thus the Chirag form daħmic̣al must be considered as a loan from some other Darghian dialect. The PD component *-c̣ala in this word is not clear.

Proto-Dargwa: *deʁ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bank, shore

Akusha: deʁ

Proto-Dargwa: *dekʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 manure, faeces 2 dry dung

Akusha: dek 1,2

Chiragh: dekʷ 1

Comments: Cf. also Kait. dek 'dung'.

Proto-Dargwa: *deḳʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cubit

Akusha: deḳ

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub. diḳʷ, Sirg. deḳʷ id.

Proto-Dargwa: *deḳʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: patch

Akusha: deḳa

Comments: Cf. also Kub., Ur. diḳʷa id.

Proto-Dargwa: *der(e)k:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bow

Akusha: (urgi) derga

Chiragh: arɣi-dik:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. dirga, Kait. derek:a etc. In most dialects the root is used in a compound with *ʔurg 'bow' (historically - "arc of a bow").

Proto-Dargwa: *derɣ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bone

Chiragh: derg / derɣ

Comments: Isolated in Chir., but very archaic.

Proto-Dargwa: *derx:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 stick 2 staff

Akusha: derxa 1

Chiragh: derx: 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. dirxa, Kub. dēx:a, Sirg. dirx:a 'stick'.

Proto-Dargwa: *derz

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair

Chiragh: derz

Proto-Dargwa: *-deš

Meaning: denom. noun

Akusha: -deš

Proto-Dargwa: *dex:ʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: log, beam

Akusha: dex

Comments: Cf. also Tsud. dexʷ, Ur. dix 'beam', Kub. dixʷ 'cross-beam'.

Proto-Dargwa: *dežV-la

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: beam

Chiragh: dežla

Proto-Dargwa: *diɣ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: meat

Akusha: diʔ

Chiragh: dig

Comments: Cf. also Ur. diʔ, Kub. dig, Tsud. diɣ etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *dirixʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 cloud 2 fog

Akusha: dirix 1

Chiragh: dirixʷ 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. diriw, Tsud. dirix 'cloud', Kub. dīxʷ 'fog' etc. [NB: the spelling Chir. dirix:ʷ in the latest MSU recordings is obviously faulty: Ur. -w points unambiguously to PD *-xʷ].

Proto-Dargwa: *dirq̇(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plain

Akusha: dirq̇

Chiragh: dirq̇a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. dirq̇, Muir., Sirg., Tsud. dirq̇a, Kub. dīq̇a id.

Proto-Dargwa: *du

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: I (1st p. pr.)

Chiragh: du

Comments: Cf. also Tsud., Sirg., Kait., Kub. du. A different phonetic development (*-z > -s) is probably witnessed in the lit. 1st person future ending -s.