Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔiχI-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fly (v.)

Chiragh: iχI-

Comments: Isolated in Chir., but with secure external parallels. [The notation χ:I in the printed version of the MSU recordings is rather strange; a misspelling?]

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔiχI-liq̇an

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bird

Chiragh: iχIliq̇Ian

Comments: Cf. also Kub. iχIliq̇an id. The word is a compound (the 1st part of it is iχI- 'to fly').

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔi-χ(ʷ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: that (below the speaker)

Akusha: iχ

Chiragh: iχ

Comments: Cf. also Chir. χ-aʕ id. PD *χʷ is probable because of Ak. χ ( *χ normally yields Ak. h).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔuc:i, *ruc:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 brother 2 sister

Akusha: uzi 1, ruzi 2

Chiragh: uc:e 1, ruc:e 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. uʒi, ruʒi, Kub. uc:e, juc:e, Tsud. uc:i, ruc:i.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔudar

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grain

Chiragh: udar

Comments: Cf. also Kait., Kub. udar.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔula

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: window

Akusha: ula (Gapsh.)

Comments: The word is used in urq̇lu ula 'window' (for the first part cf. Ak. ulq̇laj 'window').

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔumcVn-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to measure, weigh

Akusha: umc-es

Chiragh: uncVn- /unc-

Comments: Cf. also Kub. ums- id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔunc

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 ox 2 bull

Akusha: unc 1,2

Chiragh: unc 1

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. unc, Kub. us id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔunc:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door

Akusha: unza

Chiragh: unc:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. unʒa, Kub. uc:a.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔup:a-j ( ~ -b-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: step-relative

Akusha: ubaj

Comments: The word is used in compounds (ubaj urši 'step-son', ubaj rursi 'step-daughter', ubaj dudeš 'step-father', ubaj neš 'step-mother'). -b- in Ak. certifies the secondary nature of -ɣ- in Ur. uɣaj-ada 'step-father', uɣaj-aba 'step-mother' - which makes Trubetzkoy's (1922, 242) comparison of this word with Av. w-aƛ̣:a-d 'father-in-law' improbable (etymology of the latter see under PEC *Ł_ōlV).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔur-cec

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kidney

Akusha: urcec

Comments: Cf. also Kait., Tsud. urcec. Kharb. urclerc is irregular - under the influence of the name for 'spleen' q.v.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurc:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to rain, to snow

Akusha: urz- (Ur.)

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurcu-l(i)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wood, firewood

Akusha: urculi

Comments: Cf. also Ur. urcul, Kub. us:ul id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurči

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horse

Akusha: urči

Chiragh: urče

Comments: Cf. also Ur. urči, Kub. ūče etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurč:i-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dense

Akusha: urži-b-si

Comments: Cf. also the adverbial form urži-li.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurč̣em-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nine

Akusha: urč̣em-al

Chiragh: arč̣am-al

Comments: Cf. also Ur. urč̣im, Kub. ʕūč̣um.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurek:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: six

Akusha: ureg-al

Chiragh: rek:a-l

Comments: Cf. also Ur. uriɣ, Kub. ēk.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurʁ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to scold 2 to shoot

Akusha: urʁ-es 1

Chiragh: urʁ- 2

Comments: With a prefixed ča- cf. also Chir. čarʁʷ- 'to shoot'.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurḳ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: deep

Chiragh: urḳ-ze

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔurḳi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: heart

Akusha: urḳi

Chiragh: urč̣e

Comments: Cf. also Chir. pl. urḳ-be, Ur. urḳi, Kub. ūḳe, Tsud. urč̣i etc.