Proto-Nakh: *ʔāsso
Meaning: strap, belt; stripe
Chechen: āsa
Ingush: ɔsa
Batsbi: assŏ
Comments: 4th class in all languages (but 6th class in Ing. with the meaning 'stripe'). Obl. stem *ʔāsi- (Ing. äso, Bacb. pl. ase-rč). In Bacb. assŏ is the record of Imnaishvili; Matsiyev and Kadagidze have -s- (probably a misspelling). Cf. also Cheb. āso, Shar. ōso, Khild. ōsŏ, Ved., Itumk. āsa.