Protoform: *ḳ:ara
Meaning: 1 mosquito 2 gadfly 3 ant, bug
Avar: ḳ:ará 1
Chadakolob: ḳará 1
Andian language: ḳ:ara 1
Akhvakh: ḳ:ara 3
Chamalal: c̣:ara 2 (Gig.)
Tindi: ḱ:ara 1
Karata: ḳ:ara 2
Bagvalal: č̣:ara 1
Godoberi: ḱ:ara 1,2
Comments: Av. paradigm B (ḳ:ará-dul; Chad. ḳirí-l, ḳará-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan. ḳ:ara 'mosquito'. Cham. U.-Gakv. ḳ:ara (as well as Gig. - in a MSU recording - ḳ:ara) is a recent loan from Avar. Old Cham. or Tind. > Khvarsh. (Ram.) ,Inkh. ḳara 'mosquito'. Av. > Arch. ḳara id.
