Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *qeħ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cough

Akusha: qeħ

Chiragh: qIaħ

Proto-Dargwa: *qi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn

Chiragh: qe

Comments: Cf. also Sirg. qi id.

Proto-Dargwa: *qIar

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 pear 2 pear/apple (a generic name)

Akusha: qaIr 1

Chiragh: qIar 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. qIar, Kub. qī (loc. pl. qū-ba-d) 'pear'. An interesting form (suggesting a possibility of labialisation in PD) is Mek. qIʷar (MSU recording) id.

Proto-Dargwa: *qix:ʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nut, walnut

Chiragh: qix:ʷ

Comments: Cf. also Kub. qixʷ (pl. qix:ʷe), Tsud. qixʷ, Sirg. qix. There exists also a PD form *χiɣʷ (Ak., Ur. χiw), which is probably an assimilation < *qiɣʷ (reflecting either a contamination or an old compound of the root *qix:ʷ with another root, going back to PEC *ʔwǟrƛ̣_V q.v.).

Proto-Dargwa: *qIʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: oath

Akusha: qaI

Chiragh: qIʷa

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Muir. qʷi, Kait., Tsud. qʷaI, Kub. qʷe.

Proto-Dargwa: *qIʷab

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 neck 2 collar

Akusha: qaIb 1

Chiragh: qIʷab 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. qIʷab, Kub. qIab 'neck' etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *qIʷanṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back (of head)

Akusha: ʕela-qaInṭa

Comments: Cf. also Kait. qIʷanṭa-la, Kharb. qIanṭa-la, Tsud. qIʷanṭa id.

Proto-Dargwa: *qIʷat-ni

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snot, snivel

Akusha: qut-ni

Comments: Cf. also Kad. qut-ne, Gapsh. qIat-ni, Kharb. qIʷat-ne, Tsud. qIut-ne id.

Proto-Dargwa: *-q:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: privative adj. suffix

Akusha: -q:a

Proto-Dargwa: *q:aca

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mountain goat

Akusha: q:aca

Proto-Dargwa: *q:ača

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: calf

Akusha: q:ača

Comments: Cf. also Mek., Sirg., Ur. q:ača; in some dialects there occurred an assimilation q:ača > q:ač:a, cf. Kub., Kharb., Tsud. q:ač:a.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:anṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: short

Akusha: q:anṭa

Comments: Cf. also Sirg. q:anṭa 'dock-tailed'. Darg. is the probable source of Lak. q:anṭa- 'short'.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:aq:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back

Akusha: ʁaʁ

Comments: Cf. also Ur. ʁaʁ, Tsud. q:aq, Kub. q:aq (pl. q:uq:e).

Proto-Dargwa: *q:aq:ba

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: partridge

Akusha: ʁaʁba

Chiragh: q:aq:ba

Comments: Cf. also Ur. ʁaʁba, Kub. q:aqba.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:arq:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stone

Akusha: q:arq:a

Chiragh: q:arq:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. q:arq:a, Kub. q:āq:a etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:at:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: step (of stairs)

Chiragh: q:at:a

Proto-Dargwa: *q:at:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gorge, ravine

Akusha: q:ada

Chiragh: q:at:a

Comments: Cf. also Mek. q:ada, Tsud. q:at:a id.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:eri

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloud

Chiragh: q:ire

Comments: Isolated in Darg. with unknown etymology. The only parallel available is Ag. q:iri 'cloud' which is most probably a loan from Darg.

Proto-Dargwa: *q:Iamc:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: corner

Akusha: q:aImzi

Proto-Dargwa: *q:Iamc̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tongs, pincers

Akusha: GIamc̣a

Chiragh: ʁIac̣a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. GaImc̣a, Kub. q:Iac̣a, Tsud. q:imc̣a, Sirg. q:Iamc̣a. Chir. ʁIac̣a, as well as Gapsh. q̇Ianc̣a are irregular (reflecting dis-/assimilations).