кӏутӏ

Udi

Etymology

According to Nikolaev / Starostin, inherited from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ḵ[ɨr]ṭV (“hole, opening”) and cognate with Lak ккутӏ (k:utʼ, “hole, burrow”), Avar кара́тӏ (karátʼ, “hole, opening”).

Noun

кӏутӏ • (ḳuṭ)

  1. vagina

References

  • Ǯeiranišvili, Evgeni (1971) Udiuri ena: gramaṭiḳa. kresṭomatia. leksiḳoni [The Udi language: Grammar, chrestomathy, dictionary]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 205: “კუტ ― ḳuṭ”
  • Kibrik, A. Je., Kodzasov, S. V. (1990) Сопоставительное изучение дагестанских языков. Имя. Фонетика [Comparative Study of Dagestan Languages. Substantives. Phonetics] (in Russian), Moscow: University Press, →ISBN, § 35, page 25
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ḵ[ɨr]ṭV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 696
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