Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *juχ(:)u ( ~ -ɔ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: precipice

Ginukh: juχu

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

Proto-Tsezian: *-jV

Meaning: plural

Ginukh: -i, -e

Bezhta: -ja / -wa

Gunzib: -ja / -wa

Proto-Tsezian: *-jV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 obl. and plur. stem marker 2 obl. stem marker

Tsezi: -ja- 1

Ginukh: -j- 2

Bezhta: -j- 2

Gunzib: -jo- 2

Proto-Tsezian: *-jV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: past (recent)

Khvarshi: -a (with dipthong. of preceding vowel)

Inkhokvari: -i

Bezhta: -ijo

Proto-Tsezian: [*-k- ~ -g-]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: proximity series

Gunzib: -g / -go

Proto-Tsezian: *kaba

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: black

Tsezi: qIaba

Ginukh: kabaddu

Khvarshi: kaba (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: kaIba

Comments: PTsKh *kaIba (in Tsez. the shift k- > q- is obviously due to pharyngealization).

Proto-Tsezian: *kača

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bitch

Tsezi: kača

Ginukh: kača

Bezhta: käčä (Tlad.)

Gunzib: kača

Comments: PTsKh *kača, PGB *kača (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. käča).

Proto-Tsezian: *kakV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: small louse

Ginukh: kaki

Bezhta: käkä

Gunzib: kaki

Comments: PGB *kakV.

Proto-Tsezian: *kẽ B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair

Khvarshi: ka

Inkhokvari: kõ

Bezhta: kera

Gunzib: kera

Comments: PTsKh *kǝ̃, obl. *kǝRa- (cf. Khvarsh. kala-, Inkh. with analogous nasalization kõla-), PGB *kera. The oblique stem in PTs must be reconstructed as *kera- (cf. the situation in PTsKh); it had substituted the former direct base in PGB.

Proto-Tsezian: *kebu A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sand 2 dust

Tsezi: gibu 1,2

Ginukh: gebu 2

Khvarshi: gebu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: gebu 1

Gunzib: kebu 1

Comments: PTsKh *gebu (with g- probably due to assimilation).

Proto-Tsezian: *kelɔ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mosquito

Bezhta: kälä

Gunzib: kelo

Comments: PGB *kelɔ (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. kelä).

Proto-Tsezian: *keṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spoon, ladle

Bezhta: keṭe (Khosh.)

Gunzib: kǝṭǝ (Nakh.)

Comments: PGB *keṭV (Gunz. kǝṭǝ < *keṭǝ).

Proto-Tsezian: *kǝk- (~-e-,-ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to eat 2 to feed

Tsezi: kik- 1,2

Ginukh: kik-aj- 2

Khvarshi: kak- 1

Inkhokvari: kok- 1

Comments: PTsKh *kǝk- (an historical reduplication).

Proto-Tsezian: *kic- ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sleep

Tsezi: kec-

Comments: Isolated in Tsez. with obscure etymology.

Proto-Tsezian: *kik-iju A (/-e-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: light (of weight)

Tsezi: kikju

Ginukh: kekku

Khvarshi: kajku (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: kekku

Bezhta: kikijo (Khosh.)

Gunzib: kikku

Comments: PTsKh *kikju / *kekju; PGB *kikiju (cf. with another suffix Gunz. kiki-ru 'small'). As a noun stem *kik the root meant *'feather' (cf. the meaning in PL) > 'cock's comb' (Bezht. kik "cock's comb').

Proto-Tsezian: *kikV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flour

Tsezi: gegmu

Ginukh: keki-š

Khvarshi: kejka

Inkhokvari: kikku

Comments: PTsKh *k̥1̇ik̥1̇(Vj)V.

Proto-Tsezian: *kɨkǝ B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 female breast 2 cow's nipple 3 spring, source

Tsezi: kiki / kik 1,3

Ginukh: kik 3

Khvarshi: kaka (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: koko 1,3

Gunzib: kig-la 2

Comments: PTsKh *kǝkǝ (although in Gin. one would rather expect *kek).

Proto-Tsezian: *k[ɨ]s:ʷ- / -š:ʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to mow 2 to shear, clip

Tsezi: kos- 1

Bezhta: kus-uʔ- 2 (Tlad.)

Gunzib: koš- 1

Comments: PGB *kuš- / *koš-. The root reveals a variation u/o (pointing to lost consonant labialisation) and *s:/*š: (typical for reflexes of PEC palatal sibilants).

Proto-Tsezian: *kɨš(:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cleft

Tsezi: keš

Khvarshi: keš

Comments: PTsKh *kɨš.

Proto-Tsezian: *kɨṭʷa / *kʷɨṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: buttock

Ginukh: keṭa

Bezhta: koṭa (Khosh)

Gunzib: koṭɔ (Nakh.)

Comments: PGB *koṭa (Gunz. -ɔ is secondary or badly recorded instead of -a; note also the Gunz. dialectal form kõṭa, suggesting a possibility of nasalisation in PTs).