Dargwa etymology : Query result

Proto-Dargwa: *čarχ:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: body

Akusha: čarχ

Chiragh: čarχ:

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kad. čarχ etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *čaχI ( ~ -χ:I)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: diarrhea

Akusha: čaIħ

Comments: Cf. also Kait. čaIh-ni id.

Proto-Dargwa: *čaχI-čaχIi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: waterfall

Akusha: čaIħčaIħi

Proto-Dargwa: *če- / ču-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: (one)self (reflex. pronoun)

Akusha: ču-

Chiragh: čej

Comments: Cf. also Chir. gen. čin-na. In lit. Dargwa the stem is used only in plural (erg. ču-li, gen. ču-la, dat. ču-s); in singular a morpheme sa(j) (of obscure origin) is used.

Proto-Dargwa: *-či

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: super/ad series

Akusha: -či

Proto-Dargwa: *čibar-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: variegated

Akusha: čibara

Proto-Dargwa: *čič-iḳ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: small stone

Chiragh: čičiḳan

Proto-Dargwa: *činṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a nipple (as on the tongue etc.)

Akusha: činṭ

Proto-Dargwa: *čipil

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: left

Chiragh: čipil

Proto-Dargwa: *čiwxʷ (~-x:ʷ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: crop, craw

Akusha: čiwx

Proto-Dargwa: *č:aq:ʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pit

Chiragh: č:aq:ʷa

Proto-Dargwa: *č:unab

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cornel

Akusha: žunab

Comments: Cf. also Kait. č:imbe (plur. tant.), Tsud. č:unab. Chir. žunaw is obviously a loan (either from another Darg. dialect, or from Lak.).

Proto-Dargwa: *čuri

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plait; single hair

Akusha: čuri

Comments: Cf. also Kad. čuri, Kub. (an original plural form) čū-me 'fringe, tassel'.

Proto-Dargwa: *čut:ʷi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cake

Akusha: čudu

Comments: Cf. also Ur. čudu, Muir., Sirg., Kait. čut:u id.

Proto-Dargwa: *čV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: interrogative pronoun

Akusha: či

Chiragh: ča

Comments: Ak. či, Chir. ča 'who'. Cf. from the same root PD *čum 'how many' (Ak., Chir. čum etc.).

Proto-Dargwa: *čV-lṭVn-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to put on (trousers, shoes)

Chiragh: če-lṭVn-/če-jṭ-

Comments: The original meaning was probably 'to tie round (one's waist, foot)', cf. the external evidence.

Proto-Dargwa: *č(ʷ)aṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: swallow

Akusha: čaṭa

Comments: Cf. also Ur. čuṭa, Gapsh. ʕar-čiṭu, Kharb. čaṭa id. The Chir. form žat:a is quite aberrant phonetically (probably for expressive reasons).

Proto-Dargwa: *čʷeja

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Akusha: čʷe (Muir.)

Chiragh: čuja

Comments: Cf. also Kharb., Gapsh., Kait. čuja id. All these forms can not go back to PD *kʷiha 'ram', because labialised velars can not get palatalised in Darg.

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fire

Akusha: c̣a

Chiragh: c̣a

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub., Tsud. c̣a etc.

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣aIb- (~-p:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dark

Akusha: c̣aIb-si

Comments: Cf. also Ur. c̣aIb, Kub. c̣aIb-ʁ 'darkness', Kharb. c̣ab-se, Kait. c̣aIm-q̇il 'dark'.