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This Proto-Tsezian 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.
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Proto-Tsezian
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Avaro-Andian *ʔanzi (“snow”).
Noun
*ʔẽsǝ class 2
- snow
Inflection
| Declension of *ʔẽsǝ (ᴀ-series)
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| Absolutive
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*ʔẽsǝ
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| Ergative
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*ʔǝ̃zi
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Singular
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| Absolutive
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*ʔẽsǝ
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| Ergative
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*ʔǝ̃zi
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| Genitive I
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*ʔǝ̃zis:
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| Genitive II
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*ʔǝ̃zilɔ
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| Dative
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*ʔǝ̃zil
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| Instrumental
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*ʔǝ̃zid
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Descendants
- East Tsezian: (from oblique stem)
- Bezhta:
- Bezhta Bezhta: оᵸз (õz)
- Khoshar-Khota Bezhta: оз (oz)
- Tlyadal Bezhta: оᵸз (õz)
- Hunzib: әᵸз (ə̃z)
- West Tsezian:
- Hinukh: ише (iše)
- Khvarshi-Tsez:
- Khvarshi:
- Inkhokwari Khvarshi: эᵸсо (ẽso)
- Khvarshi Khvarshi: иᵸса (ĩsa)
- Kwantlada Khvarshi: эᵸсо (ẽso)
- Tsez:
- Kidero Tsez: иси (isi)
- Sagada Tsez: иси (isi)