Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *barš:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: groin

Akusha: barš

Comments: Cf. also Tsud. barš:.

Proto-Dargwa: *b-arš:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to load, charge (weapon)

Akusha: barš-es

Comments: Cf. also Ur. barš- / birš-, Kub. bāš:- / būš:- id.

Proto-Dargwa: *bec̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wolf

Akusha: bec̣

Chiragh: bec̣

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub. bic̣, Kad., Tsud. bec̣ etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *beħ(i)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: blood

Chiragh: bāI

Comments: Cf. also Kait. beʕe (Mus. biʔi), Kub. bē.

Proto-Dargwa: *beḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: head

Akusha: beḳ

Chiragh: beḳ

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub. biḳ etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *beḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hand

Akusha: beḳ-naIq:

Chiragh: beḳ-naIq:

Comments: The word became homonymous with PD *beḳ 'head', thus the compound beḳ-naIq: is presently understood as "head-arm", which is obviously a folk etymology.

Proto-Dargwa: *beḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ear (of corn)

Chiragh: beḳ

Comments: Cf. also Kait. beḳ id. The root within Darg. had merged with beḳ 'head' (which may have been favoured by the same process in modern Lezghian languages, see PEC *ƛ̣[ɨ̆]lĭ), but the Tsez. parallels show that this is a secondary process.

Proto-Dargwa: *beḳa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snow-drift

Akusha: beḳa

Comments: Cf. also Tsud. beḳa id., Kub. biḳa 'heap'.

Proto-Dargwa: *berħi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sun; day

Akusha: berħi

Chiragh: bare

Comments: Cf. also Ur. barħi, Tsud. bēri, Kad. berħi, Kub. bē etc. Note that the Ak. dialect has an etymological doublet: berħi 'sun', but barħi 'day' - the latter obviously borrowed from Ur.

Proto-Dargwa: *beṭu (*beṭʷi)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dough

Akusha: beṭu

Comments: Cf. also Ur. biṭu 'flour, dough', Kait., Sirg. beṭu 'flour'.

Proto-Dargwa: *-bi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plural

Akusha: -bi

Proto-Dargwa: *bik:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cattle herd

Akusha: biɣ (Ur.)

Proto-Dargwa: *biq̇-ri

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: witness

Akusha: biq̇ri

Comments: Cf. also Ur. biq̇ri, Kub. biq̇e id.

Proto-Dargwa: *buk (~-k:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mountain goat

Akusha: buk (Kait.)

Comments: Since the form is known only from the Kaitag dialect, it is impossible (without knowing the Kait. paradigm) to choose between PD *-k and *-k:.

Proto-Dargwa: *buk: ( ~ -g)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: some wild animal

Akusha: -bug

Comments: The root is used only within the compound dugeli-bug 'badger' (see PEC *dVlVgV for the first part).

Proto-Dargwa: *buḳumV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wind

Chiragh: buḳume

Proto-Dargwa: *buq-mu[ʁ]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheep's tail

Akusha: buq-muj

Comments: Cf. also Kad. buq-muh, Gapsh. buq-muʔ, Tsud. buq-nuʁI id. (reflexes of *ʁ are not quite regular, probably because of dissimilation with -q-). The word is a compound of *buq- (see under *wǝrqV) and *-mu[ʁ] (see under *mēʁV).

Proto-Dargwa: *buret:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: axe

Akusha: barda

Chiragh: barat:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. burida, Gapsh., Kharb. buret:a, Kait. beret:a, Kub. bāt:a, Tsud. bart:a id.

Proto-Dargwa: *burħa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: udder

Akusha: burħe

Chiragh: burʕa

Comments: Cf. also Ur. burħa, Tsud. burħi.

Proto-Dargwa: *burt

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cream, sour cream

Akusha: burt

Comments: Cf. Ur. burt, Kub. būt id.