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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *šwĕmhV
Meaning: young goat or sheep
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root may have denoted both a young wild or domestic goat/sheep.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *šo
Meaning: mountain goat
Chechen: šo
Comments: The Chech. word is quoted from Карасаев-Мациев 1978, thus vowel length and paradigm are unknown.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔi-šomu
Meaning: 1 female mountain goat 2 goat (less than 2 years old)
Avar: sum (Ants.) 1
Andian language: išom 2
Chamalal: ĩho (U.-Gakv.) 2
Tindi: hĩhab 2
Godoberi: išamu 2
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. išan 'kid (less than 1 y. old). The PA form has a laryngeal prefix (as in a number of other cases). In Tind. a secondary metathesis of nasalisation occurred (hĩhab < *iham < *ʔišomu). Andian (Old Tind. or Cham.) > Inkh. išomu, Khvarsh. išamu 'young goat'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-and,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)ɔme (~ ž-)
Meaning: goat (less than 2 y. old)
Bezhta: šämü (Tlad.)
Gunzib: šɔme
Comments: PGB *šɔm[e].
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *šam
Meaning: young sheep (less than 2 y. old)
Chiragh: šam
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Mek. šam id., Tsud. šam-čuje 'lamb'.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *šwĕmhV
Meaning: young goat or sheep
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-buru,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *sum
Meaning: female (of animals, esp. goats)
Yasin: sum
Hunza: sum
Nagar: sum
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,
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