Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/duṭq̇iᶰ

This Proto-Nakh entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Reconstructions note

This adjective is changed according to the grammatical classes.

Adjective

*d-uṭq̇iᶰ

1. thin

Descendants

• Bats: დუტყიჼ (duṭq̇ĩ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: дуткъа (dutqʼa), дуьткъа (dütqʼa)
  • Ingush: диткъа (ditqʼa)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “-uṭq̇-i(n)”
• Schrijver, Peter (2021) “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 107: “*=utʾqʾiᶰ”