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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 *haNc’ːi (“saliva; eye secretion”) with borrowing in Inkhokwari Khvarshi гьаᵸцӏцӏи (hãc’c’i, “pus”), which most likely indicates nasalization in reconstruction.
Noun
*yɔ̃cʰu class 2
- saliva
Inflection
| Declension of *yɔ̃cʰu (ᴀ-series)
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| Absolutive
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*yɔ̃cʰu
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| Ergative
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*yVcʰV
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Singular
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| Absolutive
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*yɔ̃cʰu
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| Ergative
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*yVcʰV
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| Genitive I
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*yVcʰVs:
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| Genitive II
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*yVcʰVlɔ
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| Dative
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*yVcʰVl
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| Instrumental
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*yVcʰVd
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Descendants
- East Tsezian:
- Bezhta:
- Bezhta Bezhta: йаьᵸчоь (jä̃čö)
- Khoshar-Khota Bezhta: йаьчоь (jäčö)
- Tlyadal Bezhta: наьчоь (näčö)
- Hunzib: йа̇ᵸцу (yå̃cu) (archaic), йа̇цу (yåcu) (modern)
- West Tsezian:
- Hinukh: йоцу (yocu)
- Khvarshi-Tsez:
- Khvarshi:
- Inkhokwari Khvarshi: йоᵸцу (yõcu)
- Khvarshi Khvarshi: йуᵸцу (yũcu) (archaic), йуцу (yucu) (modern)
- Kwantlada Khvarshi: йоᵸцу (yõcu)
- Tsez:
- Kidero Tsez: ноцу (nocu)
- Sagada Tsez: ноцу (nocu)