Nakh etymology : Query result

Proto-Nakh: *bɦāṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 duck 2 goose

Chechen: bad 1

Batsbi: baṭ 2

Comments: Obl. base *bɦāṭi- (*bɦāṭe-), cf. Chech. bēda-. 4th class in Chech., 5th class in Bacb. Cf. dialectal forms: Cheb. bād (bāde-), Shar. bʕād (bʕāda-), Khild. bʕād (bʕēde-) etc. The medial laryngeal does not allow to consider the Nakh forms as loanwords from Georg. baṭi 'goose' (a reverse direction of borrowing is more probable).

Proto-Nakh: *b(ɦ)eq̇V (~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pole

Ingush: beq̇a

Comments: Isolated in Ing., thus the PN reconstruction is tentative. Nakh > Osset. (Dig.) bäqä 'pole', see Abayev 1958, 250.

Proto-Nakh: *b(ɦ)erg (~-ʕ-,-ḳ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ounce, snow leopard

Chechen: c̣oq̇-berg

Comments: A compound with c̣oq̇ 'panther, ounce' (q.v.).

Proto-Nakh: *b(ɦ)eṭ (~-ē-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: faeces

Ingush: bɛd (dial.)

Comments: Attested only in Ing., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Nakh: *bɦoḳ́

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: he-goat

Chechen: bož

Ingush: bož, boǯ

Batsbi: bʕoḳ

Comments: Cf. also Shar., Khild. bwog, Lev. bwož. The old obl. stem must have been *bɦaḳ́i- (cf. Ing. bežo); Chech. boža- is a more recent analogical building.

Proto-Nakh: *bɦorc̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wolf

Chechen: borz

Ingush: borz

Batsbi: bʕorc̣

Comments: Obl. base *bɦarc̣i-, cf. Chech. berza-, Ing. berzo, Bacb. plur. bʕarc̣e-lš. Cf. also Ing. (Imnaishvili) bworʒ / bworc:, Chech. Cheb. bworz, Khild. bworʒ etc. 4th class in Chech., Ing., 6th class in Bacb.

Proto-Nakh: *b(ɦ)ōl-ik (~-ʕ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grove

Chechen: bȫlak

Comments: Isolated in Chech., but having probable external parallels (cf. even a similar suffix formation in Chech. and Darg.).

Proto-Nakh: [*-bi]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plural

Batsbi: -bi

Proto-Nakh: *bišV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a child's hand

Chechen: biši

Comments: Attested only in Chech. with a possible Tsez. parallel.

Proto-Nakh: *boħ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kid

Chechen: büħig

Ingush: bʕijg

Batsbi: boħ

Comments: Chech. and Ing. reflect a diminutive form *boħ-iḳ (Ing. bʕijg is a contraction < *biħiḳ < *boħiḳ). Cf. also Shar. biħig, Khild., Itumk. bʕijg etc.

Proto-Nakh: *borc

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: millet

Chechen: borc

Ingush: borc

Batsbi: borc

Comments: Obl. base *barci- (Chech. berca-, Ing. berco). 6th class in all languages.

Proto-Nakh: *borš

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bull-calf 2 male

Chechen: borš 1, börša 2

Ingush: borša 1,2

Batsbi: borš 1

Comments: PN *borš, obl. *barša- (cf. Chech. barša-n; short vowel reconstructed on basis of Chech. plur. beršaloj). Chech. börša, Ing. borša go back to a suffixed form *borš-e(n). The noun belongs to the 4th class in Chech., Ing., but to the 5th in Bacb.

Proto-Nakh: *boṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dough

Chechen: bod

Ingush: bod

Batsbi: boṭ

Comments: Obl. base *baṭi-, cf. Chech. beda-, Ing. bedo, Bacb. pl. baṭa-š. 5th class in Chech., 6th class in Ing. and Bacb. A derivate in Ing. is bod-ig 'grass' (cf. the variation "cereal / flour" in other EC languages).

Proto-Nakh: *bōḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lump, excrescence

Chechen: bog

Ingush: bog

Comments: Obl. stem *bōḳa- (Chech. bōga-) / *bōḳi- (Ing. bego). 4th class in both languages.

Proto-Nakh: *bōra(-n)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: brown

Chechen: bōra

Ingush: bora

Proto-Nakh: *buho

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: owl

Chechen: buha

Ingush: bow

Batsbi: bujh

Comments: 4th class in Chech., Ing., 5th class in Bacb.

Proto-Nakh: *bula

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: aurochs

Chechen: bula

Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Nakh: *bumba-r- (~-ū-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bumble-bee, hornet 2 beetle

Chechen: bumbari

Ingush: bumbarg

Comments: Both form contain suffixes: Chech. bumbari < *bumbar-Vj, Ing. bumbarg < *bumbar-iḳ. 4th class in both languages.

Proto-Nakh: *buq̇

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back

Chechen: buq̇

Ingush: buq̇

Batsbi: buq̇

Comments: Obl. stem *buq̇a- (cf. Chech. buq̇a-, Ing. buq̇o), plur. *baq̇-bV- (Bacb. baq̇bi, Ing. bowq̇a-š, Chech. baq̇a-š). 6th class in all languages.

Proto-Nakh: *bursa ( ~ -o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of bush

Chechen: bursa

Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having probable external parallels.