Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *q̇wāq̇wV̄́(-ɫV)
Meaning: grain; hail
Comments and references : 5th tone in Ket may reflect *-ʔ- (which would contradict lax type in NC), but may also be a misrecording. [Cf. also PNC *qumqV, with a possible reconstruction *xqumxqV).