Proto-Tsezian: *boq
Meaning: sun
Tsezi: buq
Ginukh: buq
Khvarshi: buq
Inkhokvari: bɨq
Bezhta: boq
Gunzib: boq
Comments: PTsKh *buq, PGB *boq. The paradigm in PTs: dir. *boq, obl. *bɨqV-, cf. Khvarsh. buq, beqi-, Bezht. boq, biqo-, Gunz. boq, bɨqa-. In Inkh. the direct stem had been replaced by the oblique one. The obl. base serves also as basis for derived words meaning 'southern (sunny) slope of a hill': Gin. beqa-ƛ̣o, Inkh. bɨqa, Bezht. Tlad. biq-ƛ̣as, Khosh. biq̇ijo, Gunz. bɨq̇q̇u ( < *bɨq-ʔVju).
