PROTO: *esti
MEANING: 1 honey 2 sweet 3 soft, meek 4 wet, damp
BZK: ezti 1, 2
GIP: ezti 1
ANV: ezti 1, 3
BNV: ezti 1, 3, 4
LAB: ezti 1, 3
BZT: ezti 1, 2
ZBR: ézti 1, 3, 4
RNC: ezti 1, 2
COMMENTS: For phonology cf. Tab. ic:i, Agul it:e-f 'sweet', etc. The Bsq development was possibly *emsti > *ẽsti > *esti. One of the cases of Bsq *-st- ~ PNC tense sibilants: cf. Bsq *baste-r̄ 'corner, edge' (q.v.) ~ PNC *whǝ̆rʒ_ĭ 'edge, tip'. Bouda (1948) compared Bsq ezti + Avar hoc̣:ó, etc.
