Protoform: *q:ʷati ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: 1 witch 2 house-spirit
Avar: q:art 1
Akhvakh: q:ʷati (Tseg.) 1,2
Comments: Av. paradigm A (q:árti-l, q:árta-l). Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. q:ati 'witch, house-spirit'. Irregular is North Akhv. χ:ʷatala id. A loan from some Andian language (unattested) is probably Tsez. qudi 'giant, mythic creature' (cf. also - with irregular transformations? - Gin. quIbƛi 'devil').
