Comments: Av. paradigm A (loc. hóc̣:a-ƛ̣:, pl. hóc̣:a-bi; Chad. hóc̣ki-l,hóc̣ki-l). The Chad. form includes a diminutive suffix -ku (-ḳu). In most Andian languages (except Kar.) the word is homonymous with *hinc̣:u 'door' - which is, of course, accidental (cf. the opposition in Av. hóc̣:u vs. nuc̣:á).
