Proto-Lezghian: *näIƛ̣:
Meaning: 1 milk 2 buttermilk
Lezghian: nek 1
Tabasaran: nik: 1
Agul: nek: 1
Rutul: näk 1
Tsakhur: ńak 1
Archi: naIƛ̣: 1
Udi: naq: 2
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. erg. neḳe-di, Rut. Ikhr. nek, obl. neg:i-di-. Most languages reflect only consonantal oblique stems (in *-t:V, *-rV or *-nV; Arch. neIƛ̣:i- is not informative for the PL reconstruction); however, we can reconstruct the PL Ablaut *ä/i, reflected in the Tsakh. paradigm ńak, nik-ne-. In Udi the pure root means 'buttermilk, whey'; the meaning 'milk' is rendered by a compound muč:Ia-naq: (lit. 'sweet whey').
See Бокаpев 1961, 59; Гигинейшвили 1977, 110.
