Protoform: *č̣imHi-l
Meaning: span (between the thumb and the fore-finger)
Chamalal: č̣ibil
Comments: The word is attested only in Cham., cf. also Cham. Gig. č̣iwul id. The correspondence U.-Gakv. -b- : Gig. -w- is very special (original *-b- is well preserved in Gig.), so it seems very probable that for PA we should reconstruct a combination like *-mH- (cf. the external evidence); PA *č̣imHil > Cham. *č̣ĩwil > *č̣iwil (with loss of nasalisation).
