Protoform: *š:ʷVlV
Meaning: 1 pipe 2 tubular bone 3 arm (from hand to elbow)
Avar: šulu (Ants.) 1
Andian language: tom-š:il 2
Chamalal: na-s:ul 2
Tindi: han-š:al 3
Karata: hani-š:el 2
Comments: The Andian languages have preserved the root only in compounds: *honi-š:ʷVlV "marrow (brain)"+"pipe" ( = 'tubular bone') or *tomV-š:ʷVlV (And. tomš:il) with a not quite clear first component (see the discussion under *tamHV 'sinew').
