Protoform: *q̇:atʷV ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: 1 lid, cover 2 to cut, chop
Avar: q̇oṭ- 2
Chadakolob: q̇uṭ- 2
Chamalal: q̇:atʷ 1
Karata: q̇:ʷaṭa (Leksika) 1
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. q̇:atu 'lid, cover'. The original meaning is 'chopped block' - cf. the external evidence and the Avar verb (obviously denominative - cf. the similar usage of *q̇aṭ in Lezghian languages).
