Protoform: *č:ʷanHV ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: fish
Avar: č:uʕa
Chadakolob: cuʕa
Tindi: č:ʷaʔa (Akn.)
Bagvalal: š:ãʔi
Comments: Av. paradigm B (č:uʕí-l, č:uʕ-bí). Cf. also Bagv. (Gud.) š:ʷa. Loans from Av.: Akhv. č:uʕa, Cham. Gig. čoʕa, Kar., God. č:uʕa. Tind. > Inkh. čʷãʔa. Etymology rather obscure: perhaps related to Av. č:u- 'to soak (trans.)', -ič:- id. (intrans.), PA *-ič:- - words for 'fish' and 'wet, soak' are frequently related in Caucasian languages.
