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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *g[i]gwV
Meaning: egg
Notes: An expressive reduplicated root; the vocalism is hard to reconstruct (because of vowel assimilations). The root is reflected only with suffixes: *gigwV-jV > PL *k:uk:uj; *gigwV-rV > PD *k:ik:ari; *gigwV-nV > PN *gagan, Lak. *k:ek:u-n > (with metathesis) *k:enuk:.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *gagan
Meaning: egg
Batsbi: gagã
Comments: Isolated in Bacb., but with rather reliable external parallels.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: k:unuk
Meaning: egg
Lak form: k:unuk
Comments: 3d class. Cf. Khosr. k:unuk (gen. pl. k:unuk:-irt:al ) id. Proto-Lak may be reconstructed as *k:enuk: - cf. the old Archi loanword genuk (pl. genuk:ur ) 'egg'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *k:ik:ari/k:idik:ari
Meaning: egg
Akusha: gidgari
Comments: Cf. also Ur. gidgari, Kharb. k:idik:ari, Gapsh. č:ik:ari etc. An expressive root, liable to irregular transformations (not clear is the syllable -di- in Inlaut); -ari is probably a former plural suffix.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *k:uk:uj
Meaning: 1 fried egg 2 testicle
Lezghian: k:uk:u 1
Tabasaran: gugu 2
Comment: In some dialects the Lezg. root also means 'egg' (in general). The root should be distinguished (although partial contamination is occurring) from Lezg. k:ak:a 'egg' q.v.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-comment,
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