Comments: Cf. also Av. ḳič̣- 'to bend', God. ḳič̣-ĩ id. A quite strange form is Av. (Uslar) kuc 'metallic button' - is it a dialectal form of the same root, modified under influence of kuc 'shape'?
Comments: Av. > Arch. ḳinṭum id. Old Avar loanwords are PTsKh *ḳɨṭ[u]m 'trunk' (Gin. ḳeṭun, Tsez. ḳemoṭ / ḳemeṭ, Inkh. ḳɨṭomol = Av. pl. ḳíṭumal) and Bezht. ṭiḳaban (with metathesis and shift of nasalisation < *ḳiṭamal = Inkh. ḳɨṭomol, see above).
Comments: Av. paradigm B (ḳ:ará-dul; Chad. ḳirí-l,ḳará-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tlan. ḳ:ara 'mosquito'. Cham. U.-Gakv. ḳ:ara (as well as Gig. - in a MSU recording - ḳ:ara) is a recent loan from Avar. Old Cham. or Tind. > Khvarsh. (Ram.) ,Inkh. ḳara 'mosquito'. Av. > Arch. ḳara id.
Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tlan. ḳ:eq̇ul, Ratl. ḳ:amaq̇ul 'roller handles' ( = North. ḳ:eme-q̇ori id.); Cham. Gig. c̣:iram, Kar. Anch. ḳ:eram, Tok. ḳ:iram 'roller'. -ʁ- in Bagv. is unclear; Cham. (U.-Gakv.) has an expressive suffix -ṭʷ. God. has voiced g- because of the influence of PA *gir- 'round, to roll' (q.v.). Old Tind. > Inkh. ḳeran id.
Comments: Av. paradigm C (kurḳí-l,kúrḳa-l/kurúḳa-l). The And. form (MSU) may be a misrecording instead of *ḳ:urḳ:ul. Cf. also Av. (Unt.) ḳalḳuli 'damson'. And. (Tind.-Cham.) > Khvarsh., Inkh. ḳurḳul 'apricot'; Av. > Akhv. kuraḳe id.
Meaning:1 to kill 2 to hammer in, kill (with a gun)
Andian language:ḳ:ʷab-d- 1
Tindi:k:ʷē- 2
Karata:ḳ:ʷab- 1
Godoberi:k:ʷan- 1
Comments: All languages reflect "stem II" with different suffixes (*ḳ:ʷa-d-,*ḳ:ʷa-b- or *ḳ:ʷa-m-; cf. also Kar. Tok. ḳ:um-). The suffixless (but reduplicated) root is probably present in Tind. k:ʷak:ʷa-ʎa 'to knock'. In And. the root is used only by women (as opposed to ǯab- q.v.).
Comments: An aberrant form is attested in Cham.: Gig. anči 'onion'. Since the original meaning of the root was probably "a bundle (of onions, garlics)", it may have contaminated with Cham. anč 'mane' (q.v.).
Comments: An expressive root with some irregularities (cf. also ḳača in Cham. Gig. ṭaχ:e-ḳača 'lizard'); however, the basic root *ḳonč:V is clearly reconstructable.