Lak root: q:aqnu
Meaning: partridge
Lak form: q:aqnu
Comments: Probably from *q:aq:Vb-nu, cf. Arak. q:aqmu id. and q:aq:aba 'the cry of a partridge' (preserving the more archaic structure). The second q: is regularly weakened before a consonant, cf. the genitiveform q:aq:un-t:ul.