Proto-North Caucasian: *g[i]gwV
Meaning: egg
Notes: An expressive reduplicated root; the vocalism is hard to reconstruct (because of vowel assimilations). The root is reflected only with suffixes: *gigwV-jV > PL *k:uk:uj; *gigwV-rV > PD *k:ik:ari; *gigwV-nV > PN *gagan, Lak. *k:ek:u-n > (with metathesis) *k:enuk:.
