Proto-Lezghian: *niwq̇:a(j)
Meaning: strawberry
Lezghian: neq̇i
Tabasaran: niq:ʷ / nimq:
Rutul: niGGä
Tsakhur: niq:äj (Gelm.)
Comment: Cf. Lezg. Khl. neq:i, Tab. Kand. niwq:, Düb. niwq:i; perhaps, also Ud. bala-nq:o(j) 'blackberry' (although the meaning of the 1st component, bala-, is not clear). 4th class in Rut. and Tsakh. All the forms point unambiguously to PL *-q̇:-; thus Ag. Rich. nuq̇i 'a k. of berry (костяника)' must be a loanword, probably from Old Lak or some Lak. dialect.
