Proto-North Caucasian: *sēms_ā (~ -ǝ̄)
Meaning: a k. of insect
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Although this is an expressive reduplicated root, and not widely spread, the reconstruction seems reliable (we should at any rate distinguish it from several other phonetically close roots like *ʒ_imiʒĕ, *cīmc_V etc.).
