Proto-North Caucasian: *gimʔɨ̄ ( ~ -ū)
Meaning: popular assembly (godeḳan)
Notes: The root denotes (in all languages) the traditional popular assembly, as well as the place for it (usually an open place in the middle of the village). Reconstructed for the PEC level, but spread only in the Eastern Dagestan area. The Lak. form contains a prefix da- ( < *ra-). The initial part (go-) of the Avar word godéḳan could be somehow related; but this can not be asserted, unless we know the meaning of the second component (-deḳan).
