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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *lĕχ_V / *lēχV
Meaning: chain, bracelet
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root is mostly preserved within compounds (for the most part with *kwīlʡi 'hand' q.v.), which explains the vacillations in vowel length and tenseness (the original form was probably tense - *lĕχ_V, but could become lax after the lax *kwīlʡi).
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *raχa ( ~ o)
Meaning: lock
Karata: raχe (Tok.)
Comments: Attested only in Kar., cf. also Kar. Archo. raχaj, Anch. ḳula-laχa (with assimilation r > l after ḳula- 'key').
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *rǝχ:u
Meaning: 1 chain 2 chain for hanging pans
Ginukh: reχu 1
Bezhta: joχo 2
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-gin,cezet-bzt,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *kʷi-leχ:a
Meaning: bracelet
Akusha: kuleχa
Chiragh: qilaχ:ʷa
Comments: The Chir. form reflects assimilation (qilaχ:ʷa < *kʷilaχ:a); cf. also Ur., Kub., Muir. kuliχa id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *läχa
Meaning: 1 bracelet 2 woman's breast ornament
Tabasaran: kuliχ 1
Agul: kuleχar 2 (Bursh.)
Tsakhur: läχa 1 (Tsakh.)
Comment: The Tab. and Ag. forms reflect a compound *kʷil-läχa with *kʷil- 'hand' q.v.; cf. also (with assimilation) Tab. Düb. quliq 'bracelet' - and possibly also, with further suffixation and assimilatory processes - Ud. q:oχl-ang 'bracelet'. See Лексика 1971, 212.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-cak,lezget-comment,
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