Lezghian etymology : Query result

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔak:ʷä-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to see 2 to search 3 to show

Lezghian: ak:ʷa- 1

Tabasaran: a=g- 2

Agul: agʷ- 1

Rutul: h-a=gʷa- 1

Tsakhur: h-a=gʷa- 3

Archi: =ak:u-

Udi: ak:-sun

Comment: Cf. also Ag. Bursh. uga- / agʷa- 'to search'. Belongs to the weak verb class. Reconstruction of *-ä is conditioned by Lezg. (ak:ʷa-, praet. ak:u-na), Rut. (-a=gʷa-, plur. -a=gʷe-s) and Arch. (-u-s) forms. With a preverb cf. Rut. aq-a=gʷa- 'to find'.

See Бокарев 1961, 63; Лексика 1971, 243; Гигинейшвили 1977, 78.