Proto-Lezghian: *p:ap:(a)
Meaning: 1 woman 2 mother 3 grandmother 4 mother-in-law
Lezghian: p:ab 1
Tabasaran: bab 3
Agul: baw 2
Rutul: babaj 3
Budukh: bǝb 4
Archi: buwa 2
Comment: Oblique vowel base *p:op:a- (or *p:op:ä-), cf. Ag. buwa-, Arch. buwa, (with vowel levelling) Lezg. p:ap:a-, Tab. baba-, Ag. Fit. baba-. In Arch. there occurred an irregular shift -p:- > -w- (paralleled by -t:- > -j- in dija 'father'). A "nursery" word, but undoubtedly of PL origin.
