Protoform: *ʎirV, *ʎir-ʁV
Meaning: bow
Akhvakh: ʎeč̣o
Chamalal: ʎeʁil (Gig.)
Tindi: ʎeʁan / ʎeʁʷan
Karata: ʎeʁer
Comments: The Akhv. word is a compound *ʎirV-*c̣inHu 'bow+arrow': the most archaic shape of it is preserved in Akhv. Ratl. ʎar-č̣ijõ (č̣ijõ 'arrow'). Other languages reflect a derivate *ʎir-ʁV- with a not quite clear suffix (or component). Cf. also Kar. Tok. heʁir; Tind. ʎeʁanc̣u / ʎeʁʷanc̣ihu 'bow' which is used synonymously with ʎeʁan and is parallel to the Akhv. form.
