Proto-North Caucasian: *ɣōnʡV
Meaning: pear
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The PN form is a compound < *ʁan + *paʁa (about the second part see PEC *pĭrq_wA). It is interesting to note a form, isolated within Andian: Akhv. maχ:aχ:o 'pear', very much resembling the PN *ʁammaʁa (but obviously not related genetically, because there is no correspondence between PN *ʁ and PA *χ:). This may be an old loanword from Nakh (with χ: reflecting the PN *ʁ - probably before the original *G changed to *ʁ in PA).
