Proto-North Caucasian: *q_wāṗā
Meaning: pot, vessel
Notes: Although the word is cultural, and there was active interlingual borrowing (among the forms listed above Av. q:abá may represent a loan from Nakh, and Darg. qaba - from Avar), there is little doubt in its PNC antiquity; minor phonetic aberrations are easily explained by the root structure with two stops, leading to assimilative/dissimilative processes. It must have denoted a big wooden vessel (hence the meaning 'boat' in PWC), with a secondary development > 'earthenware vessel' (PN, PA). The meaning 'sack, bag' in PL is obviously secondary, possibly under Turkic influence - nevertheless, PL *χ(:)ʷap: can not be regarded as a loan from Turkic *kap (the initial fricative χ- can not render Turk. k-).
