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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *lɨnʎʷa
Meaning: pigeon
Lezghian: lif
Tabasaran: luf
Agul: luf
Rutul: lirxʷaj
Tsakhur: nurxa(j) (Gelm.)
Kryz: lɨf
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. lif, Tab. Düb. luf, Ag. Bursh. luf (all forms pointing to weak *-ʎʷ- in PL). PL *-r- before laterals disappears in Rut., Tsakh.; the fact that they have -r- here, plus nasalisation l- > n- in the Gelm. dialect (cf. also Rut. Ikhr. nurfäj) point undoubtedly to medial *-n- in PL. The word has a very strange shape (if it belongs here at all) in other Tsakh. dialects: Tsakh. qIɨnerke, Mik. qIɨnēke (unclear is the syllable qIɨ- and the reflex -k-). 3d class in Rut. and Tsakh., but 4th class in Kryz.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *lɨ̆nƛ_wē ( ~ *ɫ-)
Meaning: pigeon
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The initial root structure is well preserved in PD and PL. As for the Av. and Lak. forms, they reflect a result of regular shifts of nasality+labialisation: *lɨ̆nƛ_wē > *lɨ̆mƛ_wē > *mɨ̆ƛ_wē (with subsequent regular loss of initial *mɨ- in Lak.). The presence of both a lateral resonant *l- and a lateral affricate *ƛ in the root has resulted in a somewhat irregular development of *ƛw here (a week reflex *ʎʷ in PL, and, to the contrary, a strong x:ʷ in Lak; a delateralised k: in Av.) - the same type of irregularity as in another similar root *ƛ_wĕɫʔĕ 'mould, pus' q.v.
See Trubetzkoy 1922, 240.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *mik:V
Meaning: pigeon
Avar: mik:í
Chadakolob: mikí
Comments: Av. paradigm B (mik:í-dul, mak:á-l; Chad. mikí-l, maká-l).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: x:i
Meaning: pigeon
Lak form: x:i
Comments: Cf. Khosr. x:ʷi id.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *lanxʷa
Meaning: pigeon
Akusha: laha
Chiragh: nexʷa
Comments: Cf. also Ur. lawha, Muir. lahʷa, Kait. laxʷa, Kub. naxʷa. Initial n- in Chir. and Kub. clearly points to original medial nasalisation in this root.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *lɨ̆nƛ_wē ?
Meaning: a k. of bird
Comments and references : Cf. PAA *ra:k (bǝ- / mǝ-) 'peacock', Mal merak.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-notes,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rek
Meaning: pheasant
Tibetan: sreg-pa pheasant, partridge.
Burmese: rać pheasant, LB *[r]yk(x).
Kachin: u2-riʔ2 pheasant, u2-khriʔ2 a sp. of pheasant.
Lushai: va-hrit black pheasant, KC *t-hr2ik.
Lepcha: kă-hryak-fo Gallophasis melanota; tă-ryok fo the blue-horned pheasant, Ceriornis satyra
Comments: Garo grik pheasant. Sh. 22, 407; Ben. 84-85.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-lepcha,stibet-comments,
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