кӏяла

Lak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ḳVlʡV ( ~ ḳ_w- -ɫ-,-ʕ-) (“white”): cognate with Ingush кӏай (ḳaj), Chechen кӏайн (ḳajn, “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 (ḳjula, “thin”).[2]

Noun

кӏяла • (ḳjala)

  1. white[3]
    Synonym: кӀяласса (ḳjalas̄a)

Usage notes

Common in forming plant names, e.g. кӏяламашаку (ḳjalamašaku, “clary”), кӏялаттуллан (ḳjalat̄ullan, “henbane”),[4] кӏялагьи (ḳjalahi, “birch”), кӏяла тӏутӏи (ḳjala ṭuṭi, “chamomile”)[3], кӏялажавж (ḳjalažawž, “ginger”), кӏяла кьая (ḳjala q̇aja, “radish”), кӏяла ттурлан (ḳjala t̄urlan, “jimson weed”)[5], кӏялаттарлил (ḳjalat̄arlil, “fir”).

Derived terms

References
  1. Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*ḳVlʡV ( ~ ḳ_w- -ɫ-,-ʕ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. Xajdakov, S. M. (1961) Očerki po leksike lakskovo jazyka [Essays on the Vocabulary of the Lak Language]‎, Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, page 159
  3. Xajdakov, S. M. (1962), “кӏяла”, in Žirkov L. I., editor, Laksko-russkij slovarʹ [Lak–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: GIINS, page 171b
  4. Xajdakov, S. M. (1961) Očerki po leksike lakskovo jazyka [Essays on the Vocabulary of the Lak Language]‎, Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, page 137
  5. Xalilov, Xalil (2002) Lax̄i wila nit̄il maz, Makhachkala, pages 106, 178, 179, 182
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