Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛ̣wibV ( ~ -w-)
Meaning: shed, barn, granary
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular. In [Diakonoff -Starostin 1986, 48] the root is compared with Hurr. karuBǝ 'granary'; it is possible, but somewhat dubious because of the -i-vocalism in PEC.