Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *ḳorḳonV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 egg 2 grape, berry

Avar: ḳorḳónu 2

Andian language: ḳorḳon 1

Chamalal: č̣ač̣ã 1

Tindi: ḳ́eḳ́ama 1

Karata: ḳarḳan 1

Botlikh: ḳarḳamu 1

Bagvalal: ḳ́aḳ́an 1

Godoberi: ḳ́arḳ́anu 1

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. ḳuč̣an 'egg'.

Protoform: *ḳortV (~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 temple (of head) 2 hair in horse's mane

Chadakolob: kart 2

Chamalal: ḳart 1

Tindi: ḳ́atu 1

Botlikh: ḳarti 1

Comments: Cf. also Botl. ḳarta-χ:u 'dishevelled (hair)'. In Av. there occurred an assimilation (kart < *ḳart). Av. paradigm C (kartí-l, kárta-l); in plural the word also means 'mane'.

Protoform: *ḳorV ( ~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 ball 2 dumpling

Karata: ḳaru (Anch.) 1

Godoberi: ḳ́ari 2

Protoform: *ḳuč̣V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dung (of small animals)

Avar: ḳuč̣

Protoform: *ḳulV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 key 2 lock

Avar: ḳul 1

Chadakolob: ḳoló 1

Karata: ḳula-laχa 2

Comments: Av. paradigm B (pl. ḳulá-l; but Chad. C: ḳilí-l, ḳúla-l). Kar. has a compound; for its second component see *raχa.

Protoform: *ḳ-us-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to sit 2 to sit down

Avar: ḳ-us- 2

Karata: ḳ-us- 1

Comments: Cf. also Kar. Tok. (with another preverb) q̇:-us- 'to sit'. From Av. the verb had been borrowed in Akhv. (ḳus- 'sit down, land').

Protoform: *ḳuṭul-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kidney

Chadakolob: ḳuṭúli

Comments: Since the word is isolated (in Southern Av. dialects), a borrowing (from some Lezg. language?) is not excluded.

Protoform: *-ḳV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a diminutive suffix

Avar: -ḳo

Comments: A rather frequent derivative element (cf. jas 'girl', jasi-ḳo 'little girl, doll' etc.). It also has a variant -ko without glottalisation (wac: 'brother' - wac:a-ko 'little brother' etc.).

Protoform: *ḳVb- / *=iḳʷ(Vn)-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to drive, urge 2 to direct; to turn, return

Akhvakh: ḳab- (Ratl.) 1

Chamalal: =eḳʷn- 2

Comments: Akhvakh reflects stem II *ḳV-b-, Chamalal - stem I *=iḳʷ- with a nasal suffix.

Protoform: *ḳVrč̣V ( ~ -c̣-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hole 2 vulva

Chadakolob: kórč̣u 1

Akhvakh: ḳač̣o 2 (Tseg.)

Comments: Cf. also Av. Ants. (Mikailov 1959) kurč̣u 'hole'. Paradigm A in Chad. (kórč̣u-l, kórč̣a-l).

Protoform: *ḳʷanč̣a-ra ( ~ o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stump

Tindi: ḳʷanč̣ara

Comments: Attested only in Tind., but having probable Lezg. parallels.

Protoform: *ḳʷanHi (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 foal (less than 3 y. old) 2 steer, bull-calf

Akhvakh: ḳʷani / ḳono 1

Karata: ḳʷaniƛ:o (Arch.) 2

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. ḳʷeni, Tlan. ḳeni, Ratl. ḳoni 'foal'; Kar. Anch. ḳʷajĩ / ḳʷeni 'puppy'.

Protoform: *ḳʷarḳV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 clew (of threads) 2 whirligig, humming-top

Andian language: ḳaḳu 2

Akhvakh: ḳãḳa 1

Chamalal: č̣ač̣an (Gig.) 1

Tindi: ḳ́eḳ́an 1

Karata: ḳarḳan 1

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan. ḳaḳan, Ratl. ḳʷanḳʷa. The vowel -e- in Tind. is unclear (conditioned by analogy with ḳ́eḳ́ama 'egg' ?); cf. (with labialisation) the derivate ḳorḳa-lu-b "round". Perhaps we should also compare Cham. ḳuḳu-ra, Gig. ḳuḳu 'a bunch of sheaves (in the field)'.

Protoform: *ḳʷič̣ (~ *ḳič̣ʷ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: forelock

Chamalal: ḳožul

Tindi: ḳuč̣i

Comments: In Cham. obviously a later dissimilation (ḳož-ul < ḳoč̣-ul).

Protoform: *ḳʷiḳV-n

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: teat, nipple

Chamalal: ḳuḳun (Gig.)

Comments: An isolated and expressive Cham. root; however, there are probable external cognates.

Protoform: *ḳʷilV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mouth 2 neck, throat 3 hole

Avar: ḳal 1

Chadakolob: ḳal 1

Andian language: ḳol 1,3

Akhvakh: ḳoli 2

Comments: Av. paradigm A (ḳál-zul, ḳála-l; but Chad. C: ḳalí-l ~ ḳalá-l, ḳála-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. ḳʷela, Tlan. ḳela "neck".

Protoform: *ḳʷinc̣:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 puppy 2 bitch

Avar: c̣:uḳá 2

Andian language: ḳunc̣:i 1

Akhvakh: ḳũc̣:i 1

Chamalal: ḳuṣ

Tindi: ḳʷinc:i

Karata: ḳunc̣:e

Comments: In Av. - a form with metathesis (c̣:uḳá < *ḳuc̣:á).

Protoform: *ḳʷinṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 freckles 2 spot 3 drop

Akhvakh: ḳunṭa 2

Tindi: ḳʷinṭa-bi 1

Karata: ḳunṭe 3, -di 1

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan. ḳunṭi 'spot'. The Tind. form in -bi and the Kar. form in -di are plurals.

Protoform: *ḳʷiru

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: crop, craw

Akhvakh: ḳoro

Tindi: ḳoru

Karata: ḳoro (Rats.)

Comments: Cf. also Kar. L.-Enkh. ḳoro id.

Protoform: *ḳʷiṭi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lip

Avar: ḳʷeṭ

Chadakolob: ḳʷeṭ

Godoberi: ḳoṭi

Comments: Av. paradigm B (ḳʷeṭá-lzul, ḳuṭ-bí; Chad. ḳuṭá-ldul, ḳuṭ-bí).