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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *kăwčǝ̄ (~ -ǝ-)
Meaning: bitch
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kučV Notes: The word is very similar in different subbranches, and some interlingual borrowings may have had happened (some of the certain borrowings were mentioned above). It is not excluded, that the Av. dialectal forms are borrowed from Lak., and that the Khin. form is borrowed from the Shakhdagh languages. However, the Tsezian and Lezghian forms can not be borrowed from any external source. The root is close phonetically and semantically (and thus reveals a tendency to contaminate) with PEC *gwăǯē 'dog, bitch'. However, they are opposed in several languages and must be kept apart.
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *kučV
Meaning: bitch
Chadakolob: kučá
Comments: Paradigm B (kučí-l, kuč-bí). Cf. also Av. Andal. guča 'bitch', which must be a contamination of this root with another one, present in lit. Av. gʷaží (see *gwăǯē).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-avc,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *kača
Meaning: bitch
Tsezi: kača
Ginukh: kača
Bezhta: käčä (Tlad.)
Gunzib: kača
Comments: PTsKh *kača, PGB *kača (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. käča).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: kuča
Meaning: bitch
Lak form: kuča
Comments: This is the genuine Lak. word for 'bitch' (more widely used is guža id. which is borrowed from Darg., see *gwăǯē).
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *kuč
Meaning: bitch
Chiragh: kuč
Comments: The word is attested only in Chir. and hence suspicious; but no immediate source of loan for this word can be discovered (in Lak. and in Avar dialects we have kuča, and in Agul - kač; phonetically they could not result in Chir. kuč).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *kač
Meaning: bitch
Lezghian: kač
Tabasaran: kač
Agul: kač
Rutul: kuč
Kryz: käč
Budukh: kǝč
Comment: The Rut. form (with -u-) is interesting, suggesting that the original PL form may have been *kawč. Obl. base *ka(w)ča- (cf. Lezg. kča-, Tab. kača-, Ag. kača-). 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages. Tsakh. gože must be kept apart from this root (see *gwăǯē).
See Лексика 1971, 159; Талибов 1980, 301.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: kač
North Caucasian etymology: 1133
Meaning: bitch
Khinalug form: kač
Comments: The word may be borrowed from Shakhdagh (cf. Kryz. käč, Bud. kač).
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,khinet-comment,
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