Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/tabu

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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Noun

*tabu

1. ram more than one year old

Descendants

• Bats: თაუ̆ბუ̆ class dd (taŭbŭ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: то̄ class bd (too)
  • Ingush: тоа class bd (toa)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ta-bu”