Proto-Tsezian: *ʕɔ̃ƛ̣ B
Meaning: spindle
Tsezi: ʕoƛ̣
Ginukh: iƛ̣
Khvarshi: iƛ̣ (Radzhibov)
Bezhta: aƛ̣
Gunzib: aƛ̣
Comments: PTsKh *ʕöƛ̣; PGB *ʔãƛ̣ (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. ãƛ̣, Gunz. Nakh. ãƛ̣). The root is a full homonym of PTs *ʕɔ̃ƛ̣ B 'handle' (q.v.) - but this is probably due to a secondary merger, because external parallels for both roots are different.
