Protoform: *q̇:ʷirq̇:ʷV
Meaning: frog
Avar: q̇:ʷerq̇:
Chadakolob: q̇ʷeq̇
Andian language: q̇:urru
Akhvakh: koq̇:o
Chamalal: q̇:ũq̇:
Tindi: q̇:orq̇:u /q̇:oq̇:u
Karata: q̇:orq̇:o
Bagvalal: q̇:urq̇:
Godoberi: q̇:urq̇:u
Comments: Av. paradigm B (q̇:orq̇:ó-l, q̇:urq̇:-bí; Chad. q̇oq̇ó-l, q̇uq̇-bí). Although the root is onomatopoeic, the correspondences are basically regular, except for dissimilation *q̇:- > k- in Northern Akhv. (cf. also Akhv. Ratl. korq̇:o; but Tseg. q̇:uq̇:u, Tlan. q̇:urq̇:u), and expressive nasalisation in Cham. (cf. also Gig. q̇:unq̇:u).
