Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *kakV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: prayer

Avar: kak

Chadakolob: kak

Comments: Av. paradigm C (kakí-l, káka-l). Andian languages also reflect this root, within the compound *kakV-kʷiba 'prayer' (see under *kʷiba).

The Av. word was borrowed in most Tsezian languages: Tsez., Gin., Bezht., Gunz. kak 'prayer'.

Protoform: *kaƛ:i ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tail

Akhvakh: kaƛ:i

Comments: An isolated Akhvakh word with unclear etymology (cf. also Tl. karƛ:i).

Protoform: *karaki

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cake

Andian language: karaki

Comments: Attested only in And., with possible external parallels.

Protoform: *karHV (~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair

Avar: kar

Akhvakh: kari

Chamalal: čā

Tindi: ḱara

Comments: Av. paradigm A or C (pl. kára-l). Cf. also Cham. Gig. čaj (which points to the combination *-rH- in PA).

Protoform: *kars:am ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door-mat, mattress

Akhvakh: kãs:a

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan., Ratl. kars:am. Quite enigmatic is Kar. ʁʷarza 'mattress' (correspondence is irregular).

Protoform: *kartV ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 enclosure, pen 2 place for meeting, godeḳan

Avar: kort 2 (Gid.)

Godoberi: ḱarti 1

Comments: Perhaps we should reconstruct the original Av.-And. form with labialisation, like *kʷVrtV or *kVrtʷV: this is suggested by an old loanword from Avar (or from some Andian language) - Inkh. kʷerti "godeḳan". Unfortunately, the word is badly recorded (although it no doubt exists in many languages and dialects).

Protoform: *karṭi ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hole, opening

Avar: karáṭ

Akhvakh: kaṭi

Chamalal: kaṭi (Gig.)

Tindi: karṭi

Karata: karṭa

Comments: Av. paradigm C (karṭí-l, kárṭa-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan., Ratl. karṭi, Kar. Tok. ḱarṭi.

Protoform: *karu ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mulberry 2 raspberry

Avar: kári 1

Chadakolob: kári 2

Akhvakh: karo 1

Karata: karu 1

Godoberi: ḱaru 1

Comments: Av. paradigm A (káru-l, káru-dul).

Protoform: *-ki ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: not (negative particle)

Akhvakh: -ki

Comments: Isolated in Akhv., with no secure etymology.

Protoform: *kic̣u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 loop 2 yoke-tape 3 buckle, clasp 4 snare, noose

Andian language: kic̣u 1

Akhvakh: kič̣o 1

Chamalal: čizu 4 (Gig.)

Tindi: ḱic̣u 1,3,4

Karata: kec̣u 1

Bagvalal: kec̣u 1

Godoberi: kic̣u 2

Comments: In Tind. the word also means 'tongs, pincers': this is obviously a result of merger with PA *ʁimc̣V 'tongs' q.v. Tind. ḱic̣u > Inkh. kic̣u 'tongs'; kic̣ 'snare, trap' (either chronologically different loans, or loans from different dialects).

Protoform: *kila (~ -o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 dung 2 dung (of cow) 3 dry dung

Andian language: čil 1

Akhvakh: kila 2,3

Chamalal: čila 2,3

Tindi: ḱila 3

Karata: kila 3

Bagvalal: ḱila 3 (Kvan.)

Godoberi: kila 3

Protoform: *kilV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: farmstead

Avar: kulí

Chadakolob: koló

Akhvakh: kila (Tseg.)

Tindi: ḱila

Karata: kile

Bagvalal: ḱila (Kvan.)

Comments: Av. paradigm B (kuló-l, kulá-l; cf. also Usl. kolí / koló, loc. koló-da, pl. kulá-l; thus the Chad. C paradigm - kulí-l, kúl-dal - is obviously secondary). The Av. form is obviously a metathesis < *kilu. Av. > And. kuli id.

Protoform: *kirki-l

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gum (in mouth)

Akhvakh: keke

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. kerkel id. Isolated in Akhv., but with a good Darg. parallel.

Protoform: *kirV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 lame 2 to limp

Akhvakh: kire-da- 1

Karata: ker- 2

Protoform: *kirV / *rikV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 chest 2 belly

Avar: kerén 1

Chadakolob: kerén 1

Akhvakh: reka 2

Botlikh: reka 2

Godoberi: reḱa 2

Comments: Av. paradigm C (karán-zul, kúrmu-l; Chad. gen. karán-dul).

Protoform: *k:olHV ( ~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mould

Avar: k:al

Chadakolob: ḳel (?)

Akhvakh: xali

Karata: k:al

Godoberi: ḱ:aji-χ:ir

Comments: Cf. also Kar. Tok. xali id. The cluster *-lH- is suggested by a special development in the suffixed God. form: ḱ:aji < *k:alHi. The MSU recording ḳel (Gen. ḳelí-l) in Av. Chad. is rather strange (kel would be expected).

Protoform: *koka / *kika

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: female breast

Avar: keké

Andian language: koka

Akhvakh: kaka

Chamalal: čeča

Tindi: ḱeḱa

Karata: kaka

Botlikh: kaka

Bagvalal: ḱaḱa

Comments: Av. paradigm B/C (Usl. keké/kokó, pl. kukbí/kúkdul). Two variants (with *-o- and with *-i-) must have coexisted already on the PAA level.

Protoform: *kučV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bitch

Chadakolob: kučá

Comments: Paradigm B (kučí-l, kuč-bí). Cf. also Av. Andal. guča 'bitch', which must be a contamination of this root with another one, present in lit. Av. gʷaží (see *gwăǯē).

Protoform: *k-us-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to search

Andian language: k-us-d-

Comments: Attested only in And., but having probable external parallels.

Protoform: *kus:V ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sand

Chamalal: kus:

Comments: An isolated Cham. word with unclear etymology.