Proto-Tsezian: *biša-l- A (~-ĩ-)
Meaning: 1 beard 2 moustache
Khvarshi: bišan-de (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: bišan-du 1
Bezhta: bizal-ba 2
Gunzib: bilaž-ba 1
Comments: The Inlaut nasalisation is probable because of the -n-reflex of *-l- in Inkh.; the final -du is not clear (cf. -tu in some Andian languages). PGB *bižal-ba (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. bižal-ba 'moustache'); in Gunz. a metathesis has occurred. The element -ba in PGB is probably a former plural suffix.
