Protoform: *ƛir-s:a
Meaning: 1 brook, rivulet 2 river
Avar: ʎar 2
Chadakolob: tar 1
Andian language: ʎ:enso 2
Akhvakh: ƛes:a 2
Chamalal: ʎes:a 2
Tindi: ʎes:a 2
Karata: ʎers:a 2
Bagvalal: ʎ:ers:a 2
Godoberi: ʎ:ins:a 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (ʎará-l, ʎára-l; Chad. tará-l, tára-l). The Andian forms go back to a suffixed (or compound?) form *ƛir-s:o (some forms: And. ʎ:enso, God. ʎ:ins:a - to a variant *ƛir-s:on). The suffix (or compound) -s:o is etymologically not clear. Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan. ʎes:a, Ratl. ƛers:a, Cham. Gig. ʎes:a, Bagv. Tlis. hes:a. Tense ʎ:- in And., Bagv. and God. is secondary (assimilated to -s:-).
