Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔabʔa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hen

Akusha: abʔa (Ur.)

Comments: Cf. also Sirg. abʔa id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaba

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: father

Akusha: aba (Ur.)

Chiragh: father

Comments: Cf. also Kub., Kharb. aba, Kait. uba.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔabx:- / *ʔibx:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to open

Akusha: abx-

Chiragh: abx:- / ibx:-

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔabχʷ- / *ʔibχʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to comb

Akusha: abχ-es

Chiragh: abχ- / ibχ-

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔač-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rare

Akusha: ač-si

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaɣ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to walk, to go

Chiragh: ag- / arg-

Comments: Parallels in other Darg. dialects are not clear, but there are possible external correspondences.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaʁ- / *ʔiʁ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to send; to drive

Chiragh: aʁ- / iʁ-

Comments: Cf. also Ur. aʔ- / iʔ-, Kub. aʁ- / iʁ- 'to send, lead'.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaHʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to swallow

Akusha: aIʕʷ-/ iʕʷ- (Ur.)

Comments: Attested only in Ur., thus there are several possibilities of reconstructing the final consonant in PD (*ʁ(I)ʷ, *ʕʷ, *hIʷ).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaIrčuma[k:]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: whip

Akusha: ʕaIrčumag

Chiragh: č̣umaq̇I

Comments: Cf. also Mek. aIrč̣umaq, Gapsh. ʕarčumaɣ, Kub. aIrčmaIk, Kharb. alčumag, Tsud. aIrčimah. Correspondences are somewhat distorted because of the word's complicated phonemic structure and expressive meaning. Loss of the initial syllable in Chirag may be secondary, or may be explained by Lezghian influence (see below).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔalʁIʷVn-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to fasten, button up

Akusha: ilʕ-es

Comments: Cf. also Ur. alʕʷVn- / ulʕ- id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔalχana

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: saw

Chiragh: alχane

Comments: Cf. also Kub. alχana 'file'.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔamzu-(r)/*marzu-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: clean, pure

Akusha: umu-si

Chiragh: marz-ze

Comments: Cf. also Ur. amʔu-r, Kait. umzu-ci, Kharb. umu-se, Tsud. unzu-se.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔanḳi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wheat

Akusha: anḳi

Chiragh: ač̣e

Comments: Cf. also Ur. anḳi, Kub. ač̣e, Tsud. anč̣i.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔanq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 garden 2 fruit(s)

Akusha: anq 1

Chiragh: aq 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. anq 'garden'.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔant:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: forehead

Akusha: anda

Comments: Cf. also Ur. anda, Kub. nat:a, Tsud. ant:a.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaq-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: high

Akusha: aq-si

Comments: Cf. also Ur. aq, Kharb., Tsud. aq-se 'high, tall'. Cf. also the root aq- in the compound (Ak.) aq-biʔes 'to rise', and as a verbal root: Ak. aq-es, Ur. aIq- / iq- 'to cross, pass over' (cf. the semantic development in Av.-And.).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarc

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: silver

Akusha: arc

Chiragh: arc

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. arc, Kub. ās id.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarg

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spindle and its parts

Chiragh: arɣ

Comments: The correspondence of Chir. arɣ to Ak. ar 'handle' et al. (see PD *ʔarɣ) is due to a secondary merger of two historically different roots (see *ʕülƛ̣_wɨ̆).

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarɣ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handle

Akusha: ar

Comments: Cf. also Ur. arʔ, Meg. arʔ 'handle'.

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarʁʷ- / *ʔirʁʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to hear 2 to understand

Akusha: arʁ- / irʁ- 1,2

Chiragh: č-arʁʷ- 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. arʁ-/irʁ- 'to hear'.