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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *p:ap:(a)
Meaning: 1 woman 2 mother 3 grandmother 4 mother-in-law
Lezghian: p:ab 1
Tabasaran: bab 3
Agul: baw 2
Rutul: babaj 3
Budukh: bǝb 4
Archi: buwa 2
Comment: Oblique vowel base *p:op:a- (or *p:op:ä-), cf. Ag. buwa-, Arch. buwa, (with vowel levelling) Lezg. p:ap:a-, Tab. baba-, Ag. Fit. baba-. In Arch. there occurred an irregular shift -p:- > -w- (paralleled by -t:- > -j- in dija 'father'). A "nursery" word, but undoubtedly of PL origin.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *babV
Meaning: mother
Notes: A "nursery" word, like many other EC kinship terms; may be secondary. The non-reduplicated form *ʔabV is very seldom attested (only in Av. ebe-l and PD *ʔaba), because of a possible confusion with *ʔŏbV̄(jV) 'father' (also a nursery word, but probably used with that meaning already in PNC).
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *babV
Meaning: 1 mother 2 mummy
Avar: babá 2
Chadakolob: babá 1
Andian language: baba 2
Akhvakh: baba 2
Chamalal: bab 2
Comments: A "nursery" word with some external parallels. Cf. also Cham. Gig. babu 'mummy', ila-babu 'grandmother' (lit. "mother's mummy"). A non-reduplicated form *ʔabV is probably reflected in Av. ebél 'mother' (which may be a compound *ʔabV + *ʔil = PA *ʔila 'mother'). Andian (or Av.) baba > Inkh. baba 'mummy' (like dada 'daddy', isolated within Tsezian).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-and,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: baba
Meaning: mummy
Lak form: baba (Khosr.)
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *baba-j
Meaning: mother
Chiragh: babaj
Comments: In this shape the word is attested only in the Chirag dialect; other dialects reflect PD *ʔaba 'mother' (standing apart from other EC forms: the PEC root *ʔŏbV̄-jV q.v. usually means 'father').
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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