Comments: 3d class. The root is c̣u(r)-, as is clearly seen from the plural form c̣ur-t:i. The final -ku may be regarded either as an old diminutive suffix, or as a result of contamination with the PEC root *c̣_wɨko 'brilliance, spark' q.v.
Comments: G. pr. c̣u=c̣unu. Cf. Khosr. c̣a=c̣i-. Derived words are Lak. c̣uc̣alu, Khosr. c̣uc̣alu 'chip, sliver, shaving'; Lak. c̣alc̣i 'chip, shaving, splinter'.
Comments: G. pr. c̣u=χ:unu. From Old Lak. the form was borrowed into Archi: Arch. c̣iχ:ǝ-kes 'to ask' - which shows that the original vowel in Lak. was -i-, and -u- appeared probably because of interaction with class infixes.
Comments: Cf. Khosr. č̣aIha id. The same root (in a contracted shape č̣a-) is present in the compound č̣a-ṭaraḳ 'arrow'. [The component -ṭaraḳ is probably assimilated from -t:arak: and may be borrowed from Darg.: cf. forms like Kait. derek:a 'bow', for which the genuine Lak. parallel is k:urt:a 'arc, bow' q.v.].
It is probable that the Lak. word was borrowed into Darg. dialects: cf. Chir. č̣aIħa, Tsud., Kub. č̣iħaI, Ak., Ur. č̣iʕaI 'reed, cane'.
