COMMENTS:These seem to be specialized developments of PSC *ŁĭwlV̆ ~ *ɫĭwŁV̆ 'male, man', parallel with Nakh: Chechen belχa-lō 'worker', etc. = Bsq. *egi-le 'doer, maker', etc. Bsq *-lari is usually lumped together with the suffix -ari, claimed to be from Latin -ārium, but this does not account for the /l/ in words such as guda-lari 'soldier' (gudu 'war'), margo-lari 'painter' (margo 'color, paint'), etc. Possibly both -ari and -lari are native Basque.
MEANING:1 to burst, explode, smash 2 to be burst, exploded, smashed
BZK:ler-tu 1, 2
GIP:ler-tu 1, 2
BNV:leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
SAL:leer-tu 1, 2
LAB:leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
BZT:leer-tu 1, 2
ZBR:leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
COMMENTS:The radical *leher̄ is used with the auxiliary *e=gin 'to do, make' (q.v.). Secondarily this word also has meanings like 'to be exhausted, tired, break down', etc.
COMMENTS:Some (e.g. Trask 1997: 308) derive *leka < Lat. thēca 'case, envelope'. Some Bsq dialects have teka (BZK), theka (BNV,ZBR) 'pod, husk'. Possibly both words, of distinct origin, have partially merged.
COMMENTS:The Bsq-NC semantic connection is not very compelling, but nevertheless both rudders and shelves, up to modern times, were made of large flat planks.
MEANING:1 slip, slide, skid (noun) 2 to slip, slide, skid
ANV:(Arakil) ler-tu 2
BNV:lerra 1, lerra-tu 2
LAB:lerra 1, lerra-tu 2
BZT:lerra-tu 2
ZBR:lérra 1, lerrá-tu 2
COMMENTS:Cf. PNC *ʔVƛ_V(r) 'to crawl, glide'.
PROTO:*lercoin
MEANING:crane (bird)
GIP:lersoin
ANV:lertxun, lertxoin
BNV:lertzun, lertsun, lertxoin, letxon, letxun
LAB:lertzun, lertxun
COMMENTS:Bouda (1949) compared Bsq with Avar lačen, Darg. lačin, Chech. leči 'Falke' (not in NCED). Zhirkov has Avar lacen сокол. Xajdakov (1973) lists Lak, Andi, Darg. lačin, Avar lačen, Chech. leča, also Kumyk lačin, Azeri lačɨn белый сокол, Mong. način. This looks like a loanword from Azeri (or some other Altaic language) to scattered Cauc languages, and a chance resemblance with Bsq, not a genetic Bsq-NC cognate.
COMMENTS:A compound of *le- (a reduced form of PSC *ʡwĭlʡí 'eye') + Bsq *hagin 'tooth' (q.v.). The intervening *-t- is a fossilized oblique marker, familiar from other Bsq compounds (cf. sutargi 'firelight' < *śu + *-t- + *argi, etc.). Western Bsq betagin is an innovative reinterpretation, based on Bsq *begi 'eye' (q.v.).
