Proto-Lezghian: *ʔakV- / *ʔokV-
Meaning: 1 to look 2 to ask 3 to search 4 to find
Agul: ad-ark- 3
Rutul: u=kʷa- 2
Tsakhur: ā=ke- 4
Kryz: i=k- 4
Archi: sa=k:a- 1
Comment: Cf. also Arch. =irk:u- 'to search'. The PL reconstruction is somewhat difficult, because the root tends to contaminate with other verbal roots: in Archi it has been influenced by ak:u-s 'to see' (see PL *ʔak:ʷä-), in Agul - by -ark- (used with different preverbs) 'to fall upon, to hit' (see PL *ʔarkɨr-).
