Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/małaᶰ

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, *mał +‎ *-aᶰ.

Verb

*małaᶰ pf (imperfective *mełaᶰ)

  1. to drink

Descendants

  • Bats: მალʻაჼ (malˢã)
  • Vainakh:

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*maʎ-”
  • 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, pages 120, 121, 128, 130: “*mal-”
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