Proto-North Caucasian: *čHiχwV ( ~ -f-)
Meaning: diarrhea
Notes: An expressive root, spread in the Eastern Dagestan area. It should be probably kept apart from a synonymous *c_ifV (q.v.), but the two roots could have influenced each other (in particular, tense č:- in Lak. may be due to such a contamination); another source of influence can be seen in PEC *čHaχV 'to be wet, flow' (q.v.). We should also mention the common Darg. name for 'urine': Ak. žiħ, Kad. žeħ, Kharb., Tsud. č:eħ < PD *č:eħ (or *č:eχI), which resembles the Lak. form in having a tense *č:-.
