кӏяла

Lak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ḳVlʡV ( ~ ḳ_w- -ɫ-,-ʕ-) (“white”): cognate with Ingush кӏай (kʼaj), Chechen кӏайн (kʼajn, “white”) and perhaps the first part of Udi кӏо-нак (ḳo-nak, “leucoma, wall-eye”).[1] According to Xajdakov, -ла (-la) is a determinative suffix, as in кӏюла (kʼuˤla, “thin”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʼaˤla/

Adjective

кӏяла • (kʼaˤla)

  1. white[3]
    Synonym: кӏяласса (kʼaˤlas:a)

Usage notes

Common in forming plant names, e.g. кӏяламашаку (kʼaˤlamašaku, “clary”), кӏялаттуллан (kʼaˤlat:ullan, “henbane”),[4] кӏялагьи (kʼaˤlahi, “birch”), кӏяла тӏутӏи (kʼaˤla tʼutʼi, “chamomile”),[3] кӏялажавж (kʼaˤlažawž, “ginger”), кӏяла кьая (kʼaˤla qʼaaˤ, “radish”), кӏяла ттурлан (kʼaˤla t:urlan, “jimson weed”),[5] кӏялаттарлил (kʼaˤlat:arlil, “fir”).

Derived terms

References
  1. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ḳVlʡV ( ~ ḳ_w- -ɫ-,-ʕ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. Хайдаков, С. М. (1961) Очерки по лексике лакского языка [Essays on the Vocabulary of the Lak Language]‎, Moscow: Academy Press, page 159
  3. Хайдаков, С. М. (1962) “кӏяла”, in Л. И. Жирков, editor, Лакско-русский словарь [Lak–Russian Dictionary]‎, Moscow: GIINS, page 171b
  4. Хайдаков, С. М. (1961) Очерки по лексике лакского языка [Essays on the Vocabulary of the Lak Language]‎, Moscow: Academy Press, page 137
  5. Xalilov, Xalil (2002) Lax̂:i wila nit:il maz, Makhachkala, pages 106, 178, 179, 182
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