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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ƛ̣Vnč:V / *ƛ̣:Vnč:V
Meaning: lizard
Chadakolob: ƛ̣ec
Andian language: ƛ̣erč:in (Khaid.)
Karata: anč:u
Comments: The root has clearly a lateral initial (with some variations in strength) and should be kept distinct from PA *ḳonč:V q.v. (however, the two roots may have mutually influenced each other). Cf. also Av. Andl. ƛ̣inč:, Unt. ƛ̣enčro id.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-avc,aandet-and,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *c_́eƛ̣V/ *ƛ̣_ećV
Meaning: fish; lizard
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. An expressive root with many irregular changes (metatheses, as-/dissimilations etc.). The reconstruction is complicated by contaminations with another root, PEC *ḳVm(V)ć_V 'lizard' (which explains the nasal resonant in PA and Khin.).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ƛɔče ( ~ -u-)
Meaning: frog
Ginukh: ƛoči
Comments: Attested only in Gin., but having probable external parallels.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-gin,cezet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *č̣eƛ̣ / *č̣eƛ̣:
Meaning: 1 fish 2 green
Tabasaran: čič̣ 1 (Kand.)
Agul: č̣ek: 1
Kryz: č̣uk-nu 2
Comment: There is a certain instability of laryngeal features (rather usual for roots with two occlusives): Tab. points to PL *č̣eƛ̣ (in Tab. there occurred a secondary dissimilative deglottalisation; -č̣ is a normal reflex of *ƛ̣ probably indicating that the original vowel base had a front Auslaut vowel), but Ag. -k: and Kryz. -k- point rather to *ƛ̣: (there is, however, also a recorded variant Kryz. č̣uḳ-ni with ḳ pointing to *ƛ̣). The semantic correlation "fish" : "green" is rather common in Caucasian languages.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: c̣inḳaz
North Caucasian etymology: 125
Meaning: lizard
Khinalug form: c̣inḳaz
Comments: The word is presently analyzed as "sweet snake" (c̣in-ḳaz), which is obviously a folk-etymology.
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,khinet-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛ̣íćV
Meaning: leech, snake, fish
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lit
Meaning: leech
Lushai: hlīt a water leech.
Lepcha: hlet-bŭ water leech
Comments: Mikir iŋlit water leech; Ao Naga melet horse-leech. Ben. 83.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *lút
Meaning: water leech
Tulung: 'lǝ, 'lǝʔǝ
Kaling: 'lu
Comments: Toba 92 *lokpei.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: lup
Grammar: n.
Meaning: large grey leech whose larvae infest puddles and drinking holes, whence they enter the nostrils and sinuses of cattle where they mature
Comments: when fullgrown and glutted they abandon their roost through the nostrils of the drinking cow to re-enter the water and multiply; the lup can be lured out of its bovine host by splashing water up the cow's nose and grabbing the hydrophilic lup as it gropes downward with its posterior extremity; the lup seldom infests humans, but can then be extracted following the same procedure; cf. lakphɛʔl. limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: li
Grammar: n.
Meaning: water leech
Nepali: pāiī jukā.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: loʔwä
Stem: <loʔä>
Grammar: n.
Meaning: leech.
Nepali: jukā
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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