Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳuč̣V (~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: puppy

Khvarshi: ḳuč̣i (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ḳuč̣e

Comments: PTsKh *ḳuč̣e (but opposed to ḳonč̣i 'young of donkey' and to PTsKh *ḳucǝ 'puppy' which are close but have different origins).

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳuḳu / *kuku

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cuckoo

Tsezi: kuku

Ginukh: kuku

Khvarshi: kuku (Khaidakov)

Inkhokvari: ḳuḳu

Bezhta: kukuṭo

Gunzib: ḳuḳuṭo

Comments: PTsKh *kuku / *ḳuḳu (cf. also Tsez. Sh. ḳuḳu); PGB *kuku-ṭo / *ḳuḳu-ṭo. Both subgroups reflect variants with *k and *ḳ; the PGB form has an expressive suffix *-ṭo.

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳuḳV- ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a small haystack

Tsezi: ḳuḳuj (Kid.)

Comments: Isolated in Tsezian, but having probable external parallels (cf. in particular forms like Cham. ḳuḳu-ra 'bundle of sheaves').

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳVmVč̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: egg

Tsezi: ḳeneč̣

Ginukh: q̇imac̣

Khvarshi: ḳemeč

Inkhokvari: ḳimač̣

Bezhta: č̣emuc̣

Comments: An expressive word with irregular sound change.

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳ(ʷ)era

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: earthenware jar

Bezhta: ḳeja

Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Khosh., Tlad. ḳerä id. Attested only in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳʷitV (~ ɨ, ǝ, ḳu-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skein (of threads)

Tsezi: ḳuti (Imnaishvili)

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

Proto-Tsezian: *-0

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nom.

Tsezi: -0

Ginukh: -0

Inkhokvari: -0

Bezhta: -0

Gunzib: -0

Proto-Tsezian: *0 (*w)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1st (masc.) sing. class marker

Tsezi: 0

Ginukh: 0

Inkhokvari: 0, -w-

Bezhta: 0

Gunzib: 0

Proto-Tsezian: *-0 (-V)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: essive

Tsezi: -0/-o

Ginukh: -0

Inkhokvari: -0

Bezhta: -0

Gunzib: -0

Proto-Tsezian: *-0 (-V)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 general tense 2 present

Tsezi: -0 1

Ginukh: -0 1

Inkhokvari: -0 (with root vowel lengthening) 1

Gunzib: -a 1, -V, -0 2

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎir(V) (~ l-,-l-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wing

Tsezi: lel

Ginukh: lela

Khvarshi: lil

Inkhokvari: lilu

Comments: PTsKh *lil(V).

Proto-Tsezian: *-ʎ:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 in filled series 2 on vertical series

Tsezi: -ʎ 1

Ginukh: -ʎ 1

Inkhokvari: -ʎ 1

Bezhta: -ʎ 2

Gunzib: -ʎ 2

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:aca-ri (~L-,-ɔ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sieve

Bezhta: ʎacari (Khosh.)

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

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:acV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wind

Tsezi: ʎaci

Ginukh: ʎaci

Khvarshi: ʎaca

Inkhokvari: haca

Comments: PTsKh *ʎacV (with an obscure change *ʎ > h in Inkh.).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:aʎ:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to crawl

Gunzib: ʎaʎa-ƛ-

Comments: Isolated in Gunz. (cf. perhaps also - with Ablaut - Bezht. Khosh. =üʎ- 'to rub').

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:amač̣V (~ L(:)-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pus

Tsezi: ʎač̣i

Ginukh: ʎamač̣i

Comments: PTsKh *ʎamač̣e / *ʎãč̣e. It is not clear how these forms are related to PGB *ž[ɔ̃]č̣ 'pus' (also irregular: Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. žöž /with assimilation/, Gunz. žãč̣).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:ar

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheep's dung

Bezhta: ʎär (Khosh.)

Gunzib: ʎar (Gunz., Nakh.)

Comments: PGB *ʎar.

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:arV (~ L:-,-l-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: belly (exterior part)

Tsezi: ʎara

Khvarshi: oʎore (Radzhibov)

Comments: PTsKh *ʎ[a]RV. Because of its meaning, the word should be kept distant from *LVrV 'besom' q.v.

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:e-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to laugh

Ginukh: ʎe-žā-

Bezhta: ʎō-dah- (Tlad.)

Gunzib: ʎeʔ-

Comments: PGB *ʎe- (originally a compound with some laryngeal second part; cf. also Bezht. Khosh. ʎowā- id.). The Gin. form contains an expressive suffix.

Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:e-h-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to burn (intr.) 2 to catch fire

Bezhta: ʎij- (Tlad.)

Gunzib: ʎeh-

Comments: PGB *ʎ[e]-h-; judging by the external parallels, -h- must be a historical suffix. With another suffix cf. perhaps Bezht. Khosh. ʎi-š- "to burn (a lamp)".