Protoform: *himƛ̣u
Meaning: bottom
Avar: ṭínu
Chadakolob: ṭínu
Andian language: hilmu
Akhvakh: miƛ̣i-do
Chamalal: hilʷ
Tindi: hinlu
Karata: himʔu (Tok.)
Bagvalal: hilʷ
Godoberi: hinlu
Comments: Av. paradigm C (ṭiná-lzul, ṭína-bi; but Chad. A: gen. ṭínu-l). Cf. also Av. Gid. (Gudava) ƛ̣ino, And. (Gudava) hinƛ̣u, Akhv. Ratl. miƛ̣o, Tseg., Tlan. miṭu (the North. form miƛ̣ido is originally locative), Cham. Gig. hinnu, God. Zib. hilmu. Akhv. miƛ̣o is an obvious metathesis < *ʔimƛ̣o; in Av. one would rather expect *ʔinṭu (or *niṭu); the form ṭinu is a result of metathesis (or an exceptional preservation of the archaic consonant order).
