Праформа: *=[i]q- / *qV-
Значение: 1 to suck 2 to drink 3 to gulp
Аварский: χú- 3, χáχ- 1
Чадаколоб: ħáħ- 1; χu- 2
Ахвахский: =aq- 1
Чамалинский: χed- 2
Тиндинский: χa- 3
Каратинский: k-eχ- 1
Ботлихский: χ:u-d- 2
Комментарии: Cf. also Akhv. Tl. -aχ-, Ratl. -aq-.
The reconstruction is not secure - obviously because of the expressive nature of the root. It occurs either in a simple form (stem 1: *-Vq-, stem 2: *qV-), reduplicated (Av. χaχ-) or with a suffixed *-d- (Cham., Tind., Botl.). Av. and Botl. have irregular consonants (in Av. - χ instead of h /Gudava 147 writes: χ:u-j-ze ?/; in Botl. χ: instead of χ; cf. also Cham. Gig. χ:u-d- ).
