Protoform: *=ic̣:ʷVn- / *c̣:ʷVn-
Meaning: 1 to filter 2 to suck
Andian language: c̣:un- 2
Akhvakh: c̣:on- 1
Chamalal: =uṣ- 1,ṣun- 2
Tindi: =uc:ĩ-1,c:un-2
Karata: =uc̣:an- 1
Comments: Stem I (*=ic̣:ʷVn-) is reflected in Cham., Tind. and Kar. (cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Ratl., Tlan. =uc̣:-); stem II (*c̣:ʷVn-) - in Northern Akhvakh, as well as in Tind. c:un- 'to wring out, squeeze out; to suck', Cham. ṣun- (Gig., Gad. c̣:un-) 'to suck', And. c̣:un- id. With secondary denasalisation here may belong also Tind. c:ab-d- 'to shrink, contract' ( < *c:ʷVb- < *c:ʷVm-; an intransitive counterpart of c:un-).
