Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *=[u]q̇V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 big 2 many

Tsezi: =aq̇Iu 2

Khvarshi: =uq̇- 1

Inkhokvari: =uq̇Iq̇Iu 1

Bezhta: =üq̇ö 1

Gunzib: =ɨq̇u 1

Comments: PTsKh *=uq̇-; PGB *=[u]q̇u (unclear is the -ɨ- vowel in Gunz.).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *Hnäq̇wV̄

Meaning: big; old

Proto-Nakh: *q̇āni-

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *hinḳa- (~-o)

Proto-Tsezian: *=[u]q̇V

Proto-Lezghian: *naq̇ʷV- (~-ä-)

Proto-West Caucasian: *q:ʷV (~q̇ʷ-)

Notes: See Абдоков 1983, 162 (with some confusion of this root and *=ǝ̆q̇wVn q.v.).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *q̇āni-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: old

Chechen: q̇ēna

Ingush: q̇äna

Batsbi: q̇ajnĭ

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *hinḳa- (~-o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: big

Avar: ḳudíja-b

Chadakolob: ḳudá-b

Akhvakh: ĩḳa

Tindi: hiḳ́a-b

Karata: heḳa-m

Comments: The Av. form is reduced from *Hiḳu-da-/*Hiḳu-dija- (with a frequent adjectival suffix). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tl. inḳa-ħe-da 'much', Kar. Arch. ħeḳa-m, Tok. hinḳ́a-ħa-b 'big'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *naq̇ʷV- (~-ä-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: many

Archi: na:q̇ukan

Comment: Isolated in Archi, but having probable external parallels.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:ʷV (~q̇ʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to be sufficient, suffice

Adyghe: ja-q:ʷǝ-

Kabardian: jǝ-ri-q:ʷǝ-

Comments: PAK *q:ʷǝ- (with auxiliary prefixes); cf. also Ad., Kab. jǝ-q:ʷ-č̣́a "very, fully".

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