Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṗVʔV

Meaning: kiss

North Caucasian: *ṗăʔV

Basque: *apa

Comments and references : BPD 6. Cf. PST *phVp 'kiss'?

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ṗăʔV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kiss

Proto-Nakh: *ṗaj / *ʔoṗa(j)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʔ[u]ba ( ~ -o)

Proto-Lak: p:aj

Proto-Dargwa: *p:aj / *up:aj

Proto-Lezghian: *ṗah / *ṗaʔ

Proto-Khinalug: ṗa

Proto-West Caucasian: *ba ( ~ *bIa)

Notes: An expressive (onomatopoeic) root, common for many NC languages. The problem of its NC antiquity is hard to solve; we may note that the correspondences are more or less regular (of course with some distortions, usual for onomatopoeic roots). See Абдоков 1983, 185.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ṗaj / *ʔoṗa(j)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kiss

Chechen: oba / uba

Batsbi: ṗaj

Comments: An expressive root, having, however, good external parallels.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʔ[u]ba ( ~ -o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kiss 2 to kiss

Avar: ubá 1, baʔ- 2

Andian language: hobba-d- 2

Chamalal: obba 1

Tindi: oba 1

Godoberi: oba-di 1

Comments: An expressive root with somewhat irregular correspondences.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: p:aj

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kiss

Lak form: p:aj

Comments: Cf. Khosr. up:ā ṭun 'to kiss'.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *p:aj / *up:aj

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kiss 2 to kiss

Akusha: baj 1

Chiragh: up:a ī 2

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ṗah / *ṗaʔ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kiss 2 to kiss

Lezghian: ṗah 1

Agul: ṗa aq̇as 2

Tsakhur: ubba / uba 1

Archi: ṗa-bos 2

Comment: An expressive root. In Archi there are several variants: ṗa-bos, ṗaʔ-bos, baʔ-bos.

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ba ( ~ *bIa)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kiss 2 to kiss

Abaza: ba 1

Adyghe: ja-ba-wǝ-n 2

Kabardian: bā 1

Comments: PAK *ba, *ja-ba-wǝ- (cf. also Kab. jabawǝ-n "to smack one's lips"). An expressive root; see Shakryl 1968, 64, Shagirov 1, 66, 170.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *apa

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kiss

Bizkaian: apa

High Navarrese: apa

Salazarese: apa

Comments: Cf. PNC *ṗăʔV 'kiss'.

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