Proto-Nakh: *l-aʔ-
Meaning: to want, to wish
Chechen: laʔ-
Ingush: l-
Batsbi: l-aʔ-
Comments: Historically *l- here is not a prefix, but the root (with reduction < *=i(n)Ł_ʷ-), while *-aʔ- is a suffix. Therefore the Ing. form l-a (pres. l-ow) which looks as a contraction, may be in fact an archaism (without the laryngeal suffix -aʔ- present in Chech. and Bacb.).
