Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ca

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 1

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Noun

*ca (stem *car-)

tooth

Derived terms

nouns

*cariḳ

Descendants

Vainakh:
- Chechen: (dated) це class j (ce, “horse's tooth”)
- Ingush: (dated) ца class j (ca, “tooth”)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*cɨ̆ɫɦV̄”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 326‒327: “*ca”

Etymology 2

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Particle

*ca

not (negative particle)

Descendants

Bats: ცა (ca)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: ца (ca)
- Ingush: ца (ca)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*ʒ́ǝ̆ / *ć̣ǝ̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 1101‒1102: “*ca”