Proto-North Caucasian: *=Vƛ̣V
Meaning: to put clothes (on the upper body)
Notes: Basically an Av.-And.-Tsez. isogloss. There are, however, some possible traces of the root in Lezgian languages: cf. Lezg. al-uḳ- 'to put on (clothes)' (where *-ḳ- can go back to *ƛ̣ - if this is not the same root as eḳi-z, al-ḳ-, Akht. ak:ɨ-n, al-k:ɨ-n 'to stick to, adhere' < PL *ʔaƛ̣:e). Another probable Lezgian parallel is Arch. aƛa-s 'to put on (hand, finger)' < *ʔaƛ:V-, which could be a modification of original *ʔaƛ̣V- under the influence of another root, reflected in Arch. =ubƛa-s 'to put on (lower part of body)' < PEC *=ōmŁ_V q.v.
