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Burushaski etymology
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Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 where 2 whither
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Yasin: áne 1, ána 2
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Forward: 1 20 Meaning: star
Common Burushaski: *a- Yasin: asúmun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: asií
Meaning: not Nagar: asií
Yasin: a(i)- Common Burushaski: *asVr
Hunza: a-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: a-
Meaning: near - близко, наблиз о
Common Burushaski: *a- (по в рем е и мя ст о)

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: asúr(um)

Meaning: I, 1st p. s. pronominal prefix Hunza: asiír

Yasin: a- Nagar: asiír

Hunza: a- Common Burushaski: *aúśi-


Nagar: a- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *aćás Meaning: guest – гост, посстит ел,
клиент
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: aíśen, aúśin, pl. aúśu
Meaning: sheep, goat
Hunza: oóśin, pl. oóśo
Yasin: aćás
Nagar: oóśin, pl. oóśo
Hunza: aćás
Comments: Sh. õṍśo, pl. õṍśe, T
Nagar: aćás
427 [only Shina, with a very
Common Burushaski: *alto dubious derivation from unattested
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Skt. *apadeśya-].
Meaning: 1 two 2 four Common Burushaski: *b-a-
Yasin: altán, altó 1, wáltu, wálte 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: altó 1, wálto, wálti 2
Meaning: to be, exist – да бъде,
Nagar: altó 1, wálto, wálti 2 същ еств ув ам.
Common Burushaski: *án- Yasin: bá-

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Hunza: bá- Nagar: baɣéiŋ
Nagar: bá-
Common Burushaski: *baɣú
Common Burushaski: *babár- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: armful
Meaning: sharp (of taste), pungent . Hunza: baɣú
остъ р, пик ант ен, силно п одп рав ен, Nagar: baɣú
лют
2. бот. О стъ р Common Burushaski: *bákur
3. остъ р, язвит ел ен, хаплив,
сарк астич ен Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
4. изразит ел ен Meaning: small shed for lambs and
Yasin: babárum kids -Маленький навес для ягнят
Hunza: babárum и детей
Nagar: babárum Hunza: bákur
Common Burushaski: *bac Nagar: bákur
Comments: Sh. bā̃́kur
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: small terrace between Common Burushaski: *bal
mountains, grown with grass Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: bac Meaning: wall -стена
Hunza: bac Yasin: bal
Nagar: bac Hunza: bal
Common Burushaski: *bácin Nagar: bal

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *bal


Meaning: shank, hind leg above the Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
hock Meaning: marrow –същност.
Hunza: bácin Yasin: bal
Nagar: bácin Hunza: bal
Common Burushaski: *bac̣ Nagar: bal

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *bal-


Meaning: shed for goats and sheep Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: bac̣ Meaning: to fall, go down
Common Burushaski: *baɣéiŋ Yasin: bal-̃́ / wál-
Hunza: bal-̃́ / wál-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: bal-̃́ / wál-
Meaning: dung (of cows, horses) Тор,
конски фашкии. Common Burushaski: *bal- / *bul-
Hunza: baɣéiŋ

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *baltí
Meaning: 1 to kindle 2 warm, tepid –
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
разгарям, горещ
Meaning: veranda, outside room
Yasin: -s-pal 1
Yasin: baltí
Hunza: -̃́s-pal- 1, bulbūlo 2
Hunza: baldí
Nagar: -̃́s-pal- 1, bubúlo 2
Nagar: baldí
Comments: Sh. bubuúlo
Comments: Sh. baldī̃́
Common Burushaski: *bala-
Common Burushaski: *baŋ
Meaning: bird
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: balás
Meaning: gum, resin
Nagar: balác
Yasin: baŋgí
Common Burushaski: *baldá Hunza: baŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: baŋ
Meaning: burden, load – бреме,
Common Burushaski: *bar
тежест
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: baldá
Meaning: speech, word
Hunza: baldá
Yasin: bar
Nagar: baldá
Hunza: bar
Common Burushaski: *bál-dan Nagar: bar
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *barć
Meaning: whetstone
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: bál-dan
Meaning: eine geheimnisvolle Kraft,
Hunza: bál-dan
die Feen und heilige Männer
Nagar: bál-dan
besitzen –голям, важен.
Common Burushaski: *bal-, *-wálda Hunza: barć
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: barć
Meaning: 1 place between the Comments: Sh. bać, T 11204? [Skt.
shoulders 2 back of the shoulders, vájra- `thunderbolt', reflected in
upper part of the back 3 back - 1 Sh. as bǝc̣???]
место между плечами 2 назад плеч,
Common Burushaski: *bas
верхняя часть задней части 3 назад
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -wáldes 3
Meaning: wooden plough
Hunza: bálbal 1, bál-gićiŋ 2, -wáldas
Yasin: bas
3
Hunza: bas
Nagar: bábal 1, bálgićaŋ 2, -wáldas 3

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Nagar: bas Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *bas-, *ōs- Meaning: what
Yasin: bo, be
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: be
Meaning: 1 to sit down, sit still 2 to
Nagar: be
put (down), place
Yasin: bas-̃́ 1, ōs- 2 Common Burushaski: *behé
Hunza: bas-̃́ 1, ō̃́s- 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: bas-̃́ 1, ō̃́s- 2 Meaning: female (of unedible
Common Burushaski: *baṭ animals)
Yasin: behé
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 skin, leather 2 bark 3 body Common Burushaski: *bélis
Yasin: baṭ 1, waṭ 2, -wáṭ 3 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: baṭ 1, waṭ 2, 3 Meaning: a ewe that has already
Nagar: baṭ 1, waṭ 2 given birth
Comments: Sh., Kho. waṭ; waṭ < *u- Yasin: béles
baṭ Hunza: bélis
Common Burushaski: *baỵ Nagar: bélis

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *bes


Meaning: millet Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ba Meaning: fat n.
Hunza: baỵ, pl. bac̣éŋ Yasin: bes
Nagar: baỵ Hunza: bis
Common Burushaski: *bārd- Nagar: bis
Meaning: red Common Burushaski: *bić
Yasin: bárdum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: bā̃́rdum
Meaning: cold (n.)
Nagar: bā̃́rdum
Hunza: bić
Common Burushaski: *be
Common Burushaski: *bié-n-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: not
Meaning: thin
Yasin: be
Yasin: biénum
Hunza: be
Hunza: biénum
Nagar: be
Nagar: biénum
Common Burushaski: *be

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Common Burushaski: *bil / *bir ÷àñòü áðàíäñïîéòà; íèæå ñâÿçàííîå
îòêðûòèå áðàíäñïîéòà
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: boŋ
Meaning: full Nagar: boŋ
Hunza: bil, bir Comments: Sh. boŋ.
Nagar: bil, bir
Common Burushaski: *bot
Common Burushaski: *bilágur
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: vulva
Meaning: a k. of weed Hunza: bot
Hunza: bilágur
Common Burushaski: *buć
Common Burushaski: *bisár-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: ungelt male goat, 2 or 3
Meaning: 1 to harvest 2 sickle (with years old
teeth like a saw) 1 ê óðîæàþ 2 ñåðï (ñ Hunza: buć
çóáàìè ïîäîáíî âèäåë)
Nagar: buć
Yasin: bisárk- 1, bisárṣ, bisáṣc̣ 2
Comments: Wa. buč
Hunza: bisárk- 1, bisárṣ, bicárṣ 2
Nagar: bisárk- 1, bisárṣ 2 Common Burushaski: *buk
Comments: Sh. bisā̃́c̣ `sickle' Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *biś-ké Meaning: throat, neck
Yasin: buk
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: buk
Meaning: 1 hair 2 animal hair, fur
Nagar: buk
Yasin: biśké 1
Comments: Kho. buk.
Hunza: biśké 2
Nagar: biśké 2 Common Burushaski: *búmbal-

Common Burushaski: *biwá Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: ankle (Knöchel)
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: búmbalten
Meaning: cow
Yasin: biá Common Burushaski: *bup(h)úr
Hunza: buá Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: buá Meaning: down, fine wool
Common Burushaski: *boŋ Yasin: pupúr, bupúr, buphúr
Hunza: bupúr
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: buphúr
Meaning: lower part of a hose; lower
bound opening of a hose Áîëåå íèçêàÿ Common Burushaski: *bur

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: 1 top 2 West
Meaning: hair Hunza: buúri 1, buúr 2
Yasin: bur Nagar: buúri 1, buúr 2
Hunza: bur Comments: Sh. buúr, buúri
Nagar: bur Common Burushaski: *bVru-
Common Burushaski: *búru Meaning: cloud
Hunza: burúnc̣
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: birō̃́nc̣
Meaning: a k. of thorny bush
Yasin: búru Common Burushaski: *ca

Common Burushaski: *bur-úm Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: stand
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ca-k
Meaning: white
Hunza: ca-ṭ, ca
Yasin: burúm
Nagar: ca-ṭ, ca
Hunza: burúm
Nagar: burúm Common Burushaski: *ćáća

Common Burushaski: *bus Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: meat (nursery word)
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ćáća, ćíći
Meaning: sheaf (of grass, hay)
Comments: Sh. ćáća
Yasin: bus
Hunza: bus Common Burushaski: *ćáɣa
Nagar: bus; buśójo `handful (of Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
grass)' Meaning: tale, story
Common Burushaski: *buṣái Hunza: ćáɣa
Nagar: ćáɣa
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. ćága
Meaning: land, owned land
Yasin: buṣái Common Burushaski: *-ćáɣanes
Hunza: buṣái Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: buṣái Meaning: back of head
Common Burushaski: *buṭ Yasin: -ćáɣanes
Meaning: many Common Burushaski: *ćak
Yasin: buṭ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: buṭ
Meaning: pick-axe
Nagar: buṭ
Hunza: ćak
Common Burushaski: *būr Nagar: ćak

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Comments: Sh. ćak. Yasin: ćaɣúrum
Hunza: ćhaɣúrum
Common Burushaski: *ćaq
Nagar: ćhaɣúrum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to chew Common Burushaski: *cháɣur
Yasin: ćaq -̃́t- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ćaq -̃́t- Meaning: chest or box for grain or
Nagar: ćaq -̃́t- meal
Comments: Sh. ćaák Hunza: cháɣur
Nagar: cháɣur
Common Burushaski: *ćargé
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *ćham-
Meaning: flying squirrel Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ćargé Meaning: 1 beestings 2 food with
much butter
Common Burushaski: *ćha
Yasin: ćámu (mamú) 1, ćamaní 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ćhamaní 2
Meaning: millet
Comments: Sh. ćhamanī̃́
Yasin: ća
Hunza: ćha Common Burushaski: *ćhap
Nagar: ćha Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: meat
Common Burushaski: *ćhaḍ-úm
Yasin: ćap
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ćhap
Meaning: narrow
Nagar: ćhap
Yasin: ćanúm, (L.) ćhaḍum
Hunza: ćhanúm Common Burushaski: *char
Nagar: ćhaḍúm Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: drop, to drip
Common Burushaski: *ćhaɣé(n)
Yasin: car
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: char
Meaning: 1 crow with a red beak 2
Nagar: char
Dohle
Yasin: ćaɣé 2 Common Burushaski: *ćhaṣ
Hunza: ćhaɣén 1 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: thorn
Common Burushaski: *ćhaɣúr-
Yasin: ćaṣ, c̣aṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ćhaṣ
Meaning: cold
Nagar: ćhaṣ

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Common Burushaski: *chel Hunza: ćhiṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: ćhiṣ
Meaning: water Comments: Sh. ćhī̃́ṣ
Yasin: cel Common Burushaski: *-chú-
Hunza: chil
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: chil
Meaning: to take, carry
Common Burushaski: *ćhémil Yasin: -cu-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -chú-
Meaning: poison Nagar: -chú-
Yasin: ćémel Common Burushaski: *chul-
Hunza: ćhémiliŋ Meaning: heavy
Nagar: ćhémiliŋ Yasin: culúm
Common Burushaski: *cheréṣ Hunza: chuúm
Nagar: chuúm
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: root Common Burushaski: *chul-
Yasin: ceréṣ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: chiríṣ Meaning: 1 male breeding stock 2
Nagar: chiríṣ bull
Common Burushaski: *-ćhi- Yasin: culá 1, culdár 2
Hunza: chulá 1, chindár 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: chulá 1, chindár 2
Meaning: give
Yasin: -ćí- Common Burushaski: *ćhum-
Hunza: -ćhí- Meaning: bark
Nagar: -ćhí- Hunza: ćhúmuṣ
Nagar: ćhúmur
Common Burushaski: *chigír
Common Burushaski: *chu[m]
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: goat Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: cigír Meaning: trace, after
Hunza: chiír Yasin: -cé
Nagar: chigír Hunza: -chú, -ce, -cum
Nagar: -chú, -ce, -cum
Common Burushaski: *ćhiṣ
Common Burushaski: *-̃́ci-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: mountain Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ćiṣ Meaning: to kindle

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Yasin: -̃́c- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -̃́ci- Meaning: 1 wooden tray for sifting
Nagar: -̃́ci- 2 a measure of grain
Common Burushaski: *ćiḍíŋ Yasin: ćiq 1, 2
Hunza: -̃́ćuq 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -̃́ćuq 2
Meaning: hard (not overgrown) floor,
Comments: Cf. also H., N. ćeéq
soil
`Schaufel in der Mühle; Stock zum
Yasin: ćiḍíŋ, ḍiḍíŋ
Kräuseln von Manschetten".
Hunza: ćiḍíŋ, ḍiḍíŋ
Nagar: ćiḍíŋ, ḍiḍíŋ Common Burushaski: *c̣āŋ, *c̣ān,
Comments: Sh. ḍiḍíŋ *ʒ̃́aŋ

Common Burushaski: *ćíki Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: 1 clear (of sky) 2 half-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
clear (of sky) 3 to stop (of rain)
Meaning: small
Yasin: ʒ̃́aŋ 3
Yasin: ćíki
Hunza: c̣aáŋ 1, c̣aán 2; ʒ̃́aáŋ 3
Common Burushaski: *ćíki Nagar: c̣aáŋ 1, c̣aán 2; ʒ̃́aáŋ 3
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *c̣háo
Meaning: musk (from the navel of a
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
mountain goat)
Meaning: to milk
Hunza: ćíki
Hunza: c̣háo
Nagar: ćhíki
Nagar: c̣háo
Comments: Sh. ćhíki
Comments: Sh. c̣háu
Common Burushaski: *-̃́c̣u
Common Burushaski: *c̣hen
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: brother, sister
Meaning: bird
Yasin: -̃́c̣u
Yasin: c̣en
Hunza: -̃́c̣o
Hunza: c̣hin
Nagar: -̃́c̣o
Nagar: c̣hin
Common Burushaski: *ćuś
Common Burushaski: *c̣ik
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: urine (children's speech)
Meaning: all
Hunza: ćuś
Yasin: c̣ik
Nagar: ćuś

Common Burushaski: *-̃́ćVq

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Comments: ? Cf. also Hun., Nag. ṣek Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`full'. Meaning: 1 wooden post 2 walking
Common Burushaski: *ḍágar stick 3 short stick
Yasin: ḍáku 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ḍáko 1, ḍóko 3
Meaning: ram
Nagar: ḍáko 1, ḍóko 3
Nagar: ḍágar
Comments: Sh. ḍáko, T. 5520.
Comments: (T. 5526?) [unattested in
[Sindhi ḍaku `stick', Panj. ḍakkā
Skt., Pali or Pk. *ḍaŋgara- `cattle']
`straw', from unattested ḍakka-
Common Burushaski: *d-aɣán- `stick']
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *d-al
Meaning: thick
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: daɣánum
Meaning: up, above
Hunza: daɣánum
Yasin: dal
Nagar: daɣánum
Hunza: dal
Common Burushaski: *d-aɣó- Nagar: dal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *dalá
Meaning: flour
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: daɣóm
Meaning: large irrigation canal
Hunza: daɣóaŋ
Yasin: dalá(h)
Nagar: daɣóaŋ
Hunza: dalá
Common Burushaski: *daɣó- Nagar: dalá
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Comments: Sh. dalá, daljá
Meaning: raw
Common Burushaski: *dáldal-
Yasin: daɣóje
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: daɣúi
Meaning: wide
Nagar: daɣúi
Hunza: dáldalum
Common Burushaski: *dak Nagar: dáldalum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *daltán-
Meaning: hope, belief
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: dak
Meaning: to thresh
Nagar: dak
Nagar: daltán-
Comments: Sh. dak
Common Burushaski: *daltas
Common Burushaski: *ḍáko
Meaning: good

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Hunza: daltás Meaning: dung
Nagar: daltás Yasin: delk
Hunza: dilk
Common Burushaski: *dan
Nagar: dilk
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: stone Common Burushaski: *den
Yasin: dan Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: dan Meaning: year
Nagar: dan Yasin: den
Hunza: den
Common Burushaski: *daŋ
Nagar: den
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: sleep Common Burushaski: *díltar
Yasin: daŋ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: daŋ Meaning: buttermilk
Nagar: daŋ Yasin: díltar
Comments: Kho. daŋ Hunza: díltar
Nagar: díltar
Common Burushaski: *darc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *diŋ
Meaning: threshing floor, grain ready Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
for threshing Meaning: green
Yasin: darc Hunza: diŋ
Hunza: darc Nagar: diŋ
Nagar: darc
Common Burushaski: *ḍóḍo
Common Burushaski: *dasén Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: throat
Meaning: girl, young woman Yasin: ḍóḍo, ḍóḍi
Yasin: dasén Hunza: ḍóḍo
Hunza: dasín Nagar: ḍóḍo
Nagar: dasín Comments: ḍóṛo

Common Burushaski: *dau Common Burushaski: *ḍoŋ


Meaning: rain Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: daú Meaning: hill, mound
Nagar: n Yasin: ḍoŋ
Common Burushaski: *delk Hunza: ḍoŋ
Nagar: ḍoŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:

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Comments: Sh. ṭoŋ. Meaning: sleep
Hunza: dur
Common Burushaski: *duɣoi
Nagar: dur
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: midday, noon Common Burushaski: *ḍūŋ
Yasin: doɣói Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: duɣúi Meaning: short time
Nagar: duɣói Hunza: ḍuúŋ
Nagar: ḍuúŋ, ḍuúm
Common Burushaski: *duldúm
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *él-den
Meaning: rising cloud (of dust, smoke) Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: duldúm Meaning: second year before last
Nagar: duldúm Yasin: élden

Common Burushaski: *du[m] Common Burushaski: *gac̣hé


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: young goat, kid Meaning: branch
Yasin: du Yasin: gac̣é
Hunza: du Hunza: gac̣hé
Nagar: du Nagar: gac̣hé
Comments: Sh. gac̣hī̃́, T. 3949 [Skr.
Common Burushaski: *ḍunḍú
lex. gaccha- `tree', Pali gaccha-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`bush'].
Meaning: bee, beetle
Hunza: ḍunḍú Common Burushaski: *gagan-
Nagar: ḍunḍú Meaning: short
Comments: Sh. ḍuḍuj̃́ o `Hummel'. Yasin: gagánum
Hunza: *
Common Burushaski: *-dúŋus
Nagar: ]
(*dumus)
Common Burushaski: *gal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: knee Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -núŋus Meaning: 1 bridge 2 steps, cross-
Hunza: -dúmus, -dúmu beams
Nagar: -dúmus, -dúmu Yasin: gal 1, gáliŋ 2
Hunza: gal 1, gáliŋ 2
Common Burushaski: *dur
Nagar: gal 1, gáliŋ 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:

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Comments: Cf. also galtar `small Hunza: gaṭ-̃́
branch' Nagar: gaṭ-̃́

Common Burushaski: *galgí Common Burushaski: *gaṭú


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: wing; fin Meaning: clothes
Yasin: galgí Yasin: gaṭú
Hunza: galgí Hunza: gaṭú
Nagar: galgí Nagar: gaṭú
Comments: Cf. also Hun., Nag. kat,
Common Burushaski: *gan
Sh. kat id.
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: road Common Burushaski: *ge
Yasin: gan Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: gan Meaning: snow
Nagar: gan Yasin: ge, gje
Hunza: ge
Common Burushaski: *gá-n-
Nagar: ge, gje
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to take Common Burushaski: *gen
Hunza: gá-n-, gái-, imp. ga Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: gá-n-, gái-, imp. ga Meaning: provisions for the journey
Yasin: yen `bread for shepherds'
Common Burushaski: *gap
Hunza: gen
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: gen
Meaning: hide, skin
Yasin: gap Common Burushaski: *gik
Hunza: gap Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: gap Meaning: 1 anus, vulva; intestine
with fat 2 ring, finger-ring, ear-
Common Burushaski: *garu-
ring
Meaning: warm
Yasin: gikín, kikín 2
Yasin: garúm
Hunza: gik 1, gikín 2
Hunza: garúrum
Nagar: gikín 2
Nagar: garúm
Comments: In Hun. contaminates
Common Burushaski: *gaṭ- with *giṭ q.v. Sh. gik `Lende',
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: khikín `ring' (T. 3152) [Skt. MBh.
Meaning: bite kiŋkiṇī- `small bell', hardly Aryan
Yasin: gaṭ-̃́

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and hardly having anything to do with Hunza: gon
Sh. khikín]. Nagar: gon

Common Burushaski: *gili-n- Common Burushaski: *gu


Meaning: thin Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: gilínum Meaning: a mixture of dust and
Hunza: gilíginum rust
Nagar: gilíginum Yasin: gu
Common Burushaski: *gir Hunza: gu
Nagar: gu
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: water that flows from a Common Burushaski: *gu- / *go-
wound Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: gir Meaning: thou, thine (obl.)
Common Burushaski: *girán Yasin: gu- / go-
Hunza: gu- / go-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: gu- / go-
Meaning: large basket
Yasin: gran, girán Common Burushaski: *gućha-
Hunza: girán Meaning: lie
Nagar: girán Yasin: gućá-
Hunza: gućhá-
Common Burushaski: *giś- / *-jáś-
Nagar: gućhá-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to weave Common Burushaski: *gunc
Yasin: giśá- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: giśá- / -̃́jaśi- Meaning: day
Nagar: giśá- / -̃́jaśi- Yasin: gunc
Hunza: gunc
Common Burushaski: *giṭ
Nagar: gunc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: anus; intestines with inner Common Burushaski: *gur
fat Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: giṭ Meaning: wheat
Comments: Sh. giṭ `Darmfett' Yasin: gur
Hunza: gur
Common Burushaski: *gon
Nagar: gur
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: dawn Common Burushaski: *gus
Yasin: gon Sino-Caucasian Etymology:

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Meaning: woman Common Burushaski: *-ɣán
Yasin: gus Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: gus Meaning: 1 to see 2 to seem,
Nagar: gus observe, be visible
Common Burushaski: *ɣa- Yasin: -ɣán- 1
Hunza: -ɣan-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -ɣan-
Meaning: 1 to be exhausted, tired 2 to
kill Common Burushaski: *ɣaqá-
Yasin: ɣan- 1, -̃́s-qa-n- 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ɣan- 1, -̃́s-qa-n- 2 Meaning: bitter
Nagar: ɣan- 1, -̃́s-qa-n- 2 Yasin: qaqá-m
Common Burushaski: *ɣaíŋ Hunza: ɣaqáỵ, ɣaqáỵum
Nagar: ɣaqáỵ, ɣaqáỵum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: grapes Common Burushaski: *ɣar
Yasin: ɣaíŋ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ɣaíŋ Meaning: 1 song 2 to speak; to
Nagar: ɣaíŋ sound (of music)
Common Burushaski: *ɣalɣo Yasin: ɣar 1, ɣar-̃́ 2
Meaning: worm Hunza: ɣar 1, ɣar-̃́ 2
Yasin: ɣalɣó Nagar: ɣar 1, ɣar-̃́ 2
Hunza: ɣalɣú Common Burushaski: *ɣaráṣ
Nagar: ɣalɣú
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ɣamú Meaning: a k. of pea
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: ɣaráṣ
Meaning: ice, frost Hunza: ɣaráṣ
Yasin: ɣamú Nagar: ɣaráṣ
Hunza: ɣamú Comments: Sh. garā̃́ṣ, Ba. garaz.
Nagar: ɣamú Common Burushaski: *-ɣári-kiṣ
Common Burushaski: *ɣámun Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: a small plot of land for
Meaning: crow older people without children
Yasin: ɣámun Hunza: -ɣárikiṣ
Hunza: ɣa Nagar: -ɣárikiṣ
Nagar: ɣa

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Comments: Perhaps a root with wider Yasin: -ɣán
meaning `plot (of anything)': cf. ɣar Hunza: -ɣā̃́n
`was einem zugesteht, Anteil'; Hun., Nagar: -ɣā̃́n
Nag. ɣári, Yas. ɣaré `was nach der Comments: Sh. gā̃́n 'leg'.
Ernte auf dem Feld bleibt', Hun., Nag.
Common Burushaski: *ɣe-
-ɣáriki, Yas. ɣáre, -ɣáriki `täglicher
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Anteil, Ration an Getreide'.
Meaning: 1 to steal 2 thief
Common Burushaski: *ɣar-k- Yasin: ɣé- 1, ɣēn 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: ɣiín 2
Meaning: to catch, grasp Nagar: ɣáin 2
Yasin: -ɣár-k-
Common Burushaski: *ɣen-
Hunza: ɣark-̃́, -ɣár-k-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: ɣark-̃́, -ɣár-k-
Meaning: queen
Common Burushaski: *-ɣarVs- Yasin: ɣéndeṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: ɣéniṣ, pl. ɣénaŋ
Meaning: to ask Nagar: ɣéniṣ, pl. ɣénaŋ
Yasin: -ɣáres-
Common Burushaski: *ɣén-
Hunza: -ɣárus-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -ɣárus-
Meaning: gold
Common Burushaski: *ɣaśú Yasin: ɣéndeṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: ɣéniṣ
Meaning: nettle Nagar: ɣéniṣ
Yasin: ɣaśúśiŋ
Common Burushaski: *ɣiṭ
Hunza: ɣaśú
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: ɣaśú
Meaning: slime (wet or dried)
Common Burushaski: *ɣaśú Hunza: ɣiṭ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: ɣiṭ
Meaning: onion
Common Burushaski: *ɣol-
Yasin: ɣaśú
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ɣaśú
Meaning: burn
Nagar: ɣaśú
Yasin: ɣol-, ɣul- intr., -s-qul- tr.
Common Burushaski: *-ɣā̃́n Hunza: ɣulú-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: ɣulú-
Meaning: heel
Common Burushaski: *ɣónder- ?

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *ɣuráṣ
Meaning: water flowing over many
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
stones
Meaning: excrements
Yasin: ɣónderes
Yasin: ɣuriáṣ, ɣuráṣ
Common Burushaski: *ɣórku- Hunza: ɣuráṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: ɣuriáṣ
Meaning: frog Comments: Formally derived from
Yasin: ɣórkun Yas. ɣuriá-, Hun., Ngr. ɣurá- `to
Hunza: ɣúrqun defecate'.
Nagar: ɣúrquc Common Burushaski: *-ɣúṣ
Common Burushaski: *ɣuha ( < Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
*ɣuṣá?) Meaning: vulva
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -ɣúṣ
Meaning: 1 new moon, time without Nagar: -ɣúṣ
moon 2 time of waning moon Comments: Cf. also Yas. -khús
Yasin: ɣuhá 2 `Hintern, After'? [-ɣuṣ - rather to
Hunza: ɣuá 1 Yas. quś 'armpit']
Nagar: ɣuá 1 Common Burushaski: *ɣusan-
Common Burushaski: *ɣul Meaning: long
Yasin: ɣusánum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ɣusánum
Meaning: hate, enmity
Nagar: ɣusánum
Hunza: ɣul
Nagar: ɣul Common Burushaski: *ɣusán-

Common Burushaski: *-̃́ɣuma-n- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: snake
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ɣusánum
Meaning: to embrace
Hunza: ɣusánus
Yasin: d-̃́ɣuman-
Nagar: ɣusánus
Common Burushaski: *ɣunó
Common Burushaski: *ɣuṭum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: seed, sperm
Meaning: deep
Yasin: ɣonó
Yasin: ɣuṭúm
Hunza: ɣunó
Hunza: ɣuṭúm
Nagar: ɣunó
Nagar: ɣuṭúm
Comments: Sh. gunō̃́

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Common Burushaski: *ɣuỵ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: moon
Meaning: hair Yasin: halánc
Yasin: -ɣójaŋ Hunza: halánc
Hunza: ɣujáŋ Nagar: halánc
Nagar: ɣujáŋ; thó-ɣuỵ`hair of
Common Burushaski: *halél
newborn child'
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ɣVl Meaning: fat
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: halél
Meaning: scurfs (in hair) Nagar: halél
Yasin: ɣel Comments: Sh. halál
Hunza: ɣuliáŋ
Common Burushaski: *hálgit
Nagar: ɣuliáŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *haɣóc Meaning: goat over 1 year old,
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: which has not given birth
Meaning: mountain pass Yasin: hálkit
Yasin: haɣós, haɣóst Hunza: élgit
Hunza: haɣúc Nagar: élgit
Nagar: haɣúc Comments: [Could be derived from
halk- `to bear young' (not quite
Common Burushaski: *ha[k]
plausible semantically, however); or
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
could be secondarily contaminated
Meaning: house
with this root in Yas.]
Yasin: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ
Hunza: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ Common Burushaski: *-hált-
Nagar: ha, pl. hakíćaŋ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Cf. also Hun., Nag. -ják Meaning: to wash
`dwelling (place)'. Yasin: -hált-
Hunza: -alt- / -yalt-
Common Burushaski: *hal
Nagar: -alt- / -yalt-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: fox Common Burushaski: *ha-n-
Yasin: hal Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: hal Meaning: to call
Nagar: hal Yasin: há-n-, há-i-

Common Burushaski: *halánc Common Burushaski: *hán-chil

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: bull, ox
Meaning: 1 water from a wound 2 Yasin: har
watery (tea, soup) Hunza: har
Hunza: áncil Nagar: har
Nagar: hánchil Common Burushaski: *hara-
Comments: A compound with *chil
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`water'.
Meaning: to urinate
Common Burushaski: *hápa Yasin: hariá-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: hará-
Meaning: carry on the shoulders Nagar: hará-
Hunza: hápa -̃́t- Common Burushaski: *harált
Nagar: hápa -̃́t-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *hápkuin Meaning: rain
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: harált
Meaning: spouse Hunza: harált
Nagar: hápkuin Nagar: harált

Common Burushaski: *haqhái Common Burushaski: *hárćimo

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: to run quickly Meaning: a small black and white
Nagar: haqhái et- bird with a long beak, living at the
river
Common Burushaski: *har
Hunza: hárćimo c̣hin
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: hárćimo c̣hin
Meaning: crop worm (Kornwurm)
Common Burushaski: *haré
Hunza: har
Nagar: har Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: barley
Common Burushaski: *har
Yasin: haré
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: harí
Meaning: small ravine, river bed Nagar: harí
Hunza: har
Common Burushaski: *hargín
Nagar: har
Comments: Sh. har Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: dragon, monster
Common Burushaski: *har
Hunza: hargín
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: hargín

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Comments: Sh. hargín Nagar: hén-, héi-

Common Burushaski: *haríc̣i Common Burushaski: *hes-k


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: saw Meaning: comb
Hunza: haríc̣i Yasin: hesk
Nagar: haríc̣i Hunza: hisk
Nagar: hisk
Common Burushaski: *harṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-híl
Meaning: plough Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: harṣ, haṣc̣ Meaning: edge, shore; lip
Hunza: harṣ Yasin: -híl
Nagar: harṣ Hunza: -íl
Nagar: -íl
Common Burushaski: *hā̃́lmun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-híl-
Meaning: rib(s) Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -hálmun Meaning: to dip, soak, make or
Hunza: -jā̃́lmun become wet
Nagar: -jā̃́lmun Yasin: -híl-
Hunza: -íl-
Common Burushaski: *he-
Nagar: -íl-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Cf. also Yas. jál- `to
Meaning: one
water (field)'
Yasin: hen, han, hek
Hunza: hin, han, hik Common Burushaski: *hilés
Nagar: hin, han, hik Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: young unmarried man
Common Burushaski: *hek
Yasin: helés, dúlas; pl. dúlaśu
Meaning: full
Hunza: hilés
Yasin: hek
Nagar: hilés
Hunza: hik
Nagar: hik Common Burushaski: *-híliki-n-

Common Burushaski: *he-n- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: to esteem, honour
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -hílikin-
Meaning: know
Hunza: -ílikin-
Yasin: -hén-
Nagar: -ílikin-
Hunza: hén-, héi-

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Common Burushaski: *hiŋ Meaning: to take, hold
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: -hó-n-
Meaning: door, gate Hunza: -ú-n-
Yasin: hiŋ Nagar: -ú-n-
Hunza: hiŋ Common Burushaski: *hoq-
Nagar: hiŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *hir Meaning: to swell
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: do-hóq-
Meaning: man Hunza: do-óq-
Yasin: hir, pl. hurí, huríkia Nagar: do-óq-
Hunza: hir, pl. hirí Common Burushaski: *húćo /
Nagar: hir, pl. hiríkanc *húc̣o
Common Burushaski: *hiṣ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: leather shoes
Meaning: 1 breath 2 sigh Yasin: húc̣u
Yasin: hiṣ 1 Hunza: húćo
Hunza: hiṣ, hīṣ 2 Nagar: húćo
Nagar: hiṣ, hīṣ 2 Common Burushaski: *hujés
Comments: Sh. hēṣ `sigh', hīṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`breath'.
Meaning: small cattle
Common Burushaski: *hol Yasin: hujés
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: hujés
Meaning: army, troups Nagar: hujés
Yasin: hol Common Burushaski: *huk
Hunza: hol
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: hol
Meaning: dog
Common Burushaski: *hol- Yasin: huk
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: huk
Meaning: outside Nagar: huk
Yasin: hol- Common Burushaski: *húkar
Hunza: hol-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: hol-
Meaning: tamarisk
Common Burushaski: *-ho-n Yasin: húkar, hukár
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: húkar(a)

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Nagar: húkar Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. hukáro Meaning: gutter, wooden water
Common Burushaski: *húlVs conduit
Yasin: hur
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: hur
Meaning: brother of wife or husband
Nagar: hur
Yasin: -húles, -húlus
Hunza: -úlus Common Burushaski: *hur-
Nagar: -úlus Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *humác̣ Meaning: 1 wet 2 becoming wet,
overripe 3 juice of overripe fruits 4
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
wave, stream, whirlpool
Meaning: Fußlappen über den Socken,
Hunza: hurtá 1, hurú 3, hurúginas
gegen Kälte, oder daß die Schuhe
4
besser passen
Nagar: hurúṣ 2, hurú 3
Yasin: humác̣
Common Burushaski: *hurc̣
Common Burushaski: *hun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: stack, sheaves put
Meaning: wood
together
Yasin: hun
Yasin: hurc̣, huṣc̣
Hunza: hun
Hunza: hurṣ
Nagar: hun
Nagar: hurṣ
Common Burushaski: *hunćó
Common Burushaski: *hurc̣
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: nine
Meaning: pole
Yasin: huc̣ó
Yasin: hurc̣
Hunza: hunćó
Hunza: hulc̣
Nagar: hunćó
Nagar: hulc̣
Common Burushaski: *hur- Comments: Cf. Hun., Nag. haríṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: `wooden shovel'
Meaning: sit
Common Burushaski: *hurgó
Yasin: hurúṭ-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: hurúṭ-, hurú-
Meaning: uphill, up
Nagar: hurúṭ-, hurú-
Yasin: horgó
Common Burushaski: *hur Hunza: hurgó

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Nagar: hurgó Meaning: that
Yasin: in
Common Burushaski: *huróɣo
Hunza: iné
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: iné
Meaning: sweat
Yasin: horóɣo Common Burushaski: *-i
Hunza: huróɣo Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: huróɣo Meaning: 1 son 2 daughter
Yasin: -jé 1, -̃́i 2
Common Burushaski: *-húṭ-
Hunza: -í 1, -̃́i 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -í 1, -̃́i 2
Meaning: foot
Yasin: -húṭis Common Burushaski: *iŋ
Hunza: -úṭ, -úṭis Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -úṭ, -úṭis Meaning: blade (of a sword)
Hunza: iŋ
Common Burushaski: *huỵ-
Nagar: iŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: dry Common Burushaski: *iśkī̃́n
Yasin: bu-, du-hu- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: búỵ- Meaning: a k. of barberry
Nagar: búỵ- Hunza: iśkī̃́n
Nagar: iśkī̃́n
Common Burushaski: *hūp
Comments: Sh. iśkī̃́n
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to swallow Common Burushaski: *-jal-
Hunza: huúp -̃́t- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: huúp -̃́t- Meaning: hear
Yasin: d-̃́jal-
Common Burushaski: *hVwá-ṣ
Hunza: d-̃́jal-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: d-̃́jal-
Meaning: 1 molar tooth 2 to chew
Yasin: -háṣe -mé 1 Common Burushaski: *-jáldi-
Hunza: -wáṣ -mé 1, wā̃́ṣ -̃́t- 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: wā̃́ṣ -̃́t- 2 Meaning: part of the ribs under the
Comments: Sh. wā̃́ṣ `chew' armpit; middle part of the breast
Hunza: -jáldir
Common Burushaski: *i-
Nagar: -jáldin
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *jáltar

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: permanent residence
Meaning: crown of tree, upper leafy Hunza: -jeéś
branches of a tree Nagar: -jeéś
Hunza: jáltar Common Burushaski: *jek
Nagar: jáltar
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Cf. also jálpur `small
Meaning: name
upper branches of tree'.
Yasin: -jék
Common Burushaski: *ja[m] Hunza: -ík
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -ík
Meaning: bear Common Burushaski: *-jē̃́c-
Yasin: nja
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ja, jã, pl. jamuc
Meaning: to see
Nagar: ja, pl. jamuc
Yasin: -jéc-
Common Burushaski: *jar Hunza: -jeéc-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -jeéc-
Meaning: in front, before Comments: Cf. also Yas. d-̃́si- `to
Yasin: jar think of'.
Hunza: jar Common Burushaski: *jō̃́n
Nagar: jar
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *-jáṭe Meaning: all
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: ̣
Meaning: 1 head 2 above Hunza: -jō̃́n
Yasin: -jáṭes 1, jáṭe 2 Nagar: -jō̃́n
Hunza: -jáṭis 1, jáṭe 2 Common Burushaski: *jult
Nagar: -jáṭis 1, jáṭe 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *jā̃́ri Meaning: time, right moment
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: jult
Meaning: first morning light; sun or Nagar: jult
moon rays Common Burushaski: *jult
Yasin: jári
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: jā̃́ri
Meaning: 1 land, country 2 small
Nagar: jā̃́ri
land, edge of field for planting
Common Burushaski: *jeéś apricot trees
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: jult 1

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Nagar: jult 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *-júmus Meaning: sediment
(?*juŋus) Hunza: kaṭ
Nagar: kaṭ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Cf. also Hun. kháṭiṣ
Meaning: tongue
`hard excrements'.
Yasin: -júŋus
Hunza: -úmus Common Burushaski: *káu- /
Nagar: -úmus *qáu-

Common Burushaski: *-jur- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: to put in mouth, chew
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: káu-, kháu-, qáu-
Meaning: die
Yasin: -júr- Common Burushaski: *-̃́ken
Hunza: -ír- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -ír- Meaning: liver
Common Burushaski: *ju(r)k Yasin: -̃́ken
Hunza: -̃́kin
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -̃́kin
Meaning: stretcher, funeral stretcher
Yasin: juk Common Burushaski: *kháći
Hunza: juk Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: juk Meaning: bucket (for milking or
Comments: Sh. jurko butter)
Common Burushaski: *-̃́k Yasin: kháći
Hunza: kháći
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: kháći
Meaning: children
Comments: Sh. khã́ãćo
Hunza: -̃́k
Nagar: -̃́k Common Burushaski: *khakhā̃́jo

Common Burushaski: *karáṭ- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: walnut (shelled)
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: khakhā̃́jo
Meaning: to break
Comments: Sh. khakhaáĩ
Hunza: karáṭ -̃́t-
Nagar: karáṭ -̃́t- Common Burushaski: *khaŋór
Comments: Sh. karáṭ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *kaṭ Meaning: 1 carcass, body with
intestines extracted 2 scrag

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Yasin: khóŋgor Yasin: khen
Hunza: khaŋór, khuŋrō̃́ Hunza: khē̃́n
Nagar: khaŋór, khuŋrō̃́ Nagar: khē̃́n
Comments: Cf. T. 2603 [Sk. MBh. Comments: Sh. khē̃́n
kaŋkāla- `skeleton'?]
Common Burushaski: *khi-
Common Burushaski: *khapun Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: this
Meaning: scoop Yasin: khené, khin
Yasin: khápun Hunza: khiné, khin
Hunza: khápun Nagar: khiné, khin
Nagar: khápun
Common Burushaski: *khiŋ
Comments: Sh. khapéi, Kho. kipīni
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *kharú Meaning: cheek; side
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: khiŋ
Meaning: louse Nagar: khiŋ
Yasin: kharú Comments: Sh. khiŋ
Hunza: kharū̃́
Common Burushaski: *khiỵ
Nagar: kharū̃́
Meaning: leaf
Common Burushaski: *khaỵ Hunza: khiỵ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: khiỵ
Meaning: hook Common Burushaski: *khīl
Yasin: kha Meaning: see
Hunza: khaỵ Yasin: a
Nagar: khaỵ Hunza: khī̃́l man-
Comments: Sh. khã́ã Nagar: khī̃́l man-
Common Burushaski: *khen Common Burushaski: *khor
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: flea Meaning: large wicker basket
Yasin: khen Hunza: khor
Hunza: khin Nagar: khor
Nagar: khin
Common Burushaski: *khuṭ
Common Burushaski: *khēn
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: short
Meaning: time Hunza: khuṭ

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Nagar: khuṭ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. khúṭo, T. 3895 [Pk. Meaning: a small cistern or bucket
khuṭṭa- `broken', with further unclear Hunza: kur
matches] Nagar: kur
Common Burushaski: *kil Common Burushaski: *kūs
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: mountain goat Meaning: wonder, sorcery
Hunza: kil Hunza: kū̃́s
Nagar: kil Nagar: kū̃́s
Comments: Sh. kil Comments: Sh. kū̃́s
Common Burushaski: *-ki-n- Common Burushaski: *-̃́l-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 to learn 2 to teach Meaning: to hit, to kill
Yasin: hákin- 1, -̃́hakin-, -̃́hekin- 2 Yasin: d-̃́l-
Hunza: hákin-, hákī- 1, -̃́ikin- 2 Hunza: d-̃́l-
Nagar: hákin-, hákī- 1, -̃́ikhin- 2 Nagar: d-̃́l-
Common Burushaski: *kī(n)ki Comments: Cf. perhaps also -ltús
`grave'?
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: small hawk or falcon Common Burushaski: *-l-
Yasin: kíki Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: kī̃́ki Meaning: to stick into
Nagar: kiŋkī̃́ṭi Yasin: -̃́l-
Common Burushaski: *-̃́ku-m Hunza: -̃́l-
Nagar: -̃́l-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: pair Common Burushaski: *laɣáṣ
Yasin: hé-kum Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -kum Meaning: to hobble
Nagar: -kum Hunza: laɣáṣ
Common Burushaski: *kur- Nagar: laɣáṣ

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *lalēr


Meaning: 1 bone 2 joint of finger or Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
toe Meaning: naked
Hunza: kuróŋ 1, kū̃́r 2 Hunza: laleér
Common Burushaski: *kur

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Common Burushaski: *lam Common Burushaski: *lei ( < *leli),
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: *lal
Meaning: to shine, glitter, burn Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: lam, lálam, lamʒ̃́ám, limlám Meaning: 1 addressing a man 2
Comments: Sh. lálam, lamʒ̃́ám free man, great man
Yasin: léi, le 1, lalé 2
Common Burushaski: *lámat
Hunza: lē̃́i, léi, le 1, lal, lálum 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: lē̃́i, léi, le 1
Meaning: hem
Comments: [Berger Yas. for lalé
Hunza: -lámat
says: Kho.]
Nagar: -lámat
Common Burushaski: *lik
Common Burushaski: *lap
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to eat without appetite
Meaning: to shine, glitter, burn
Yasin: lik
Yasin: lap, laláp, luplúp
Hunza: lik
Hunza: lálap
Nagar: lik
Nagar: lálap
Common Burushaski: *lim
Common Burushaski: *láquc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: sharp tip of an arrow
Meaning: waves
Hunza: lim
Hunza: láquc
Nagar: lim
Common Burushaski: *latukures
Common Burushaski: *lip
Meaning: round
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: latúkures
Meaning: to throw
Hunza: ̃́
Yasin: lip
Common Burushaski: *-̃́l-ći, *il- Hunza: lip
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: lip
Meaning: eye
Common Burushaski: *-ltá-
Yasin: -̃́lći
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -̃́lćin
Meaning: to put on (shoes,
Nagar: -̃́lćin
stockings)
Comments: il- in compounds like il-
Yasin: tá- / -ltá-
gaṭ `corner of the eye' etc.; also il
Hunza: tá- / -ltá-
`needle ear, small hole' (Yas., Hun.,
Nagar: tá- / -ltá-
Nag. + Sh. ĩ́ĩl).

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Common Burushaski: *-ltá- Nagar: tap 2, du-ltápu- 3
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-ltáu-
Meaning: to follow, pursue, reach
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: tá-
Meaning: to lick
Hunza: tá- / -ltá-
Yasin: -ltáu / táu-
Nagar: tá- / -ltá-
Common Burushaski: *lte-
Common Burushaski: *-ltál-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 to swear 2 oath
Meaning: 1 to wind 2 to go round 3 to
Yasin: te- / -lte- 1
turn
Hunza: te-ṣ 2
Yasin: -ltáli- 1, tálen- / -ltálen- 2, -
Nagar: te-ṣ 2
̃́ltalan- 3
Hunza: -ltáli- 1, talén- / -ltalan- 2, - Common Burushaski: *-ltén
̃́ltalan- 3 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -ltáli- 1, talén- / -ltalan- 2, - Meaning: 1 bone 2 leg
̃́ltalan- 3 Yasin: ten 1, tanc 2
Hunza: -ltín 1, -ltánc 2
Common Burushaski: *-ltáltar
Nagar: -ltín 1, -ltánc 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 front leg, animal shoulder; Common Burushaski: *ltopo,
arm 2 breasts sticking out *tultopo
Yasin: -ltáltariŋ 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -ltáltar 1 Meaning: 1 thin and small bread
with yeast dough 2 bescheidenes
Common Burushaski: *-lta-n-
Essen
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: tópo, tultópo 1
Meaning: to pound
Nagar: tópo, tultópo 1, 2
Yasin: tán- / -ltán-
Comments: Sh. toltópo 1
Hunza: tan-̃́ / -ltán-
Nagar: tan-̃́ / -ltán- Common Burushaski: *ltumal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ltap
Meaning: ear
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -ltúmal
Meaning: 1 leaf 2 petal, page 3 to
Hunza: -ltúmal
wither
Nagar: -ltúmal
Yasin: tap 1, du-ltápi- 3
Hunza: tap 2, du-ltápu- 3 Common Burushaski: *-ltúr

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *luk
Meaning: horn
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: tur
Meaning: a little, a little bit
Hunza: -ltúr, tur
Hunza: luk, lúkan
Nagar: -ltúr, tur
Nagar: luk, lúkan
Common Burushaski: *ltú-r-
Common Burushaski: *-lʒ̃́i
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 to imitate 2 similar
Meaning: behind, (on the) back
Yasin: -ltúlum 2
Yasin: -̃́lʒ̃́i
Hunza: -ltúr 1
Hunza: -̃́lʒ̃́i
Nagar: -ltúr 1
Nagar: -̃́lʒ̃́i
Common Burushaski: *-ltúr-
Common Burushaski: *maɣar-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to break, split, tear
Meaning: unripe mulberry
Yasin: túr-, du-ltúr-
Hunza: maɣaroóni, maɣaroóṭi,
Hunza: turú-, -ltúr-
maɣuroóṭi
Nagar: turú-, -ltúr-
Nagar: maraŋgoóno
Common Burushaski: *ltur
Common Burushaski: *mai
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: cross-beam in door
Meaning: sour milk
Hunza: tul
Yasin: mái
Nagar: tur
Common Burushaski: *mákući
Common Burushaski: *ltVl-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: in the middle
Meaning: 1 to saddle 2 saddle
Yasin: mákući
Yasin: -ltul- 1, tilíhaŋ, teléhaŋ 2
Hunza: mákući
Hunza: -ltul- ̃́, tilíaŋ 2
Nagar: mákući
Nagar: -ltul- ̃́, tilíaŋ 2
Common Burushaski: *mal
Common Burushaski: *-̃́ltV-r-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: field
Meaning: to show
Yasin: mal
Yasin: -̃́ltar-, -̃́ltir-
Hunza: mal
Hunza: -̃́ltir-
Nagar: mal
Nagar: -̃́ltir-

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Comments: (T. 10088?) [Skt. Kauṭ. Hunza: manc̣
māla- `forest near a village', Pk. Nagar: manc̣
māla- `garden'?]
Common Burushaski: *maq
Common Burushaski: *maltáṣ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: rheumatism, pain
Meaning: butter Hunza: maq
Yasin: maltáṣ Nagar: maq
Hunza: maltáṣ
Common Burushaski: *mar
Nagar: maltáṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *mamu Meaning: 1 to pick mulberries 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: white grape
Meaning: 1 female breast 2 milk Hunza: margún 2
Yasin: -mámu 1, mamú 2 Nagar: mar man-̃́ 1
Hunza: -mámut 1, mamú 2 Comments: Sh. margún
Nagar: -mámut 1, mamú 2
Common Burushaski: *-mar-
Common Burushaski: *man- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: to ask
Meaning: to be, become Yasin: -mar-
Yasin: man- Hunza: -mar-
Hunza: man- Nagar: -mar-
Nagar: man-
Common Burushaski: *mariŋ
Common Burushaski: *man Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: beautiful, good
Meaning: platform for sitting (in Yasin: máriŋ
houses or gardens) Hunza: máriŋ
Yasin: man Nagar: máriŋ
Hunza: man
Common Burushaski: *mat-
Nagar: man
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: ?T. 9715 [Skt. mañca-
Meaning: black
`stage, platform'??]
Yasin: matúm
Common Burushaski: *manc̣ Hunza: matúm
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: matúm
Meaning: axe, adze
Common Burushaski: *mathan
Yasin: manc̣
Meaning: far

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Yasin: mathán Common Burushaski: *mélmel
Hunza: mathán Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: mathán Meaning: moustache
Common Burushaski: *maỵ- Yasin: -mélmel

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *men-


Meaning: 1 to exchange 2 fine Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: máo 2 Meaning: drink
Hunza: -maỵ- 1, máỵo 2 Yasin: men-̃́
Nagar: -maỵ- 1, máỵo 2 Hunza: min-̃́, mií-
Common Burushaski: *me Nagar: min-̃́, mií-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *men


Meaning: tooth Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -mé Meaning: a k. of insect like a wasp
Hunza: -mé or hornet
Nagar: -mé Yasin: men
Comments: Cf. also Yas., Hun., Nag. i-
Common Burushaski: *me[n]ṣ
mé-kus `small nail'.
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *me-
Meaning: sapling, small tree
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: noṣ
Meaning: who Hunza: meṣ
Yasin: men, ámen Nagar: meṣ
Hunza: ámin, men Comments: Sh. mē̃́ṣ
Nagar: ámin, men
Common Burushaski: *-̃́meṣ
Common Burushaski: *méjaŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: finger, toe
Meaning: snowstorm Yasin: -̃́meṣ
Hunza: méjaŋ Hunza: -̃́miṣ
Nagar: méjaŋ Nagar: -̃́miṣ
Common Burushaski: *melc̣ Common Burushaski: *mi
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: jaw Meaning: we
Yasin: -mélc̣ Yasin: mi
Hunza: -mélc̣ Hunza: mi
Nagar: -mélc̣ Nagar: mi

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Common Burushaski: *-̃́mi Common Burushaski: *mulagéi
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: mother Meaning: an insect eating onions
Yasin: -̃́mi etc.
Hunza: -̃́mi Hunza: mulagéi
Nagar: -̃́mi Nagar: mulagéi
Comments: Sh. mulagéi
Common Burushaski: *mićíl / *bićíl
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *multán
Meaning: pomegranate Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: mićíl Meaning: blood
Hunza: bićíl Yasin: multán
Nagar: bićíl Hunza: multán
Nagar: multán
Common Burushaski: *míl-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-múltur
Meaning: to pacify, be pacified Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: di-míl- Meaning: nostril
Nagar: di-míl- Hunza: -múltur
Comments: Sh. dimil- Nagar: -múltur

Common Burushaski: *minja Common Burushaski: *munā̃́ỵ


Meaning: swim Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: minjá- Meaning: thorn
Common Burushaski: *-moq- Hunza: munā̃́ỵ
Nagar: munā̃́ỵ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 face 2 cheek Common Burushaski: *muś
Yasin: -móqiṣ 1, -móqot 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -móqiṣ 2 Meaning: 1 nose 2 end, edge
Nagar: -móqiṣ 2 Yasin: -múś 1, 2, -múśpuṭ `beak'
Common Burushaski: *mos Hunza: muś 2, -múpuṣ 1
Nagar: muś 2, -múpuṣ 1
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: mud flood, mud avalanche Common Burushaski: *-múś
Yasin: mos Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: mos Meaning: snot
Nagar: mos Yasin: -múś
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Hunza: -múś Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -múś Meaning: hand joint (Handgelenk)
Comments: If not identical to *muś Hunza: muʒ̣oó
`nose'. Nagar: muʒ̣oó
Common Burushaski: *muṣ- Common Burushaski: *mṼ́ś-ki
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 branches with leaves 2 Meaning: pubic hair
wood, thicket Yasin: -míśki
Yasin: muṣk 2 Hunza: -múśki
Hunza: muṣqú 1, muṣk 2 Nagar: -múśki
Nagar: muṣqú 1, muṣk 2
Common Burushaski: *nagéi /
Comments: Sh. muṣk
*magéi
Common Burushaski: *-muśi
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: boil, sore
Meaning: bride in her father's house Hunza: nagéi
Hunza: mū̃́(ỵ)-muśi Nagar: magéi
Common Burushaski: *muyánum(s) Common Burushaski: *naɣár
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 kerchief obtained as a Meaning: fox trap (in shape of a
present by the mother and brothers of hole)
the bride (*menstrual kerchief) 2 Yasin: naɣár
menstruation
Common Burushaski: *naɣé
Yasin: muyánum 1
Hunza: -yénum (pl. -yénumiśo), - Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
yánum 1, -̃́yanukus 2 Meaning: dung
Nagar: -yénum (pl. -yénumiśo), - Yasin: naɣé
yánum, yénas 1, -̃́yanukus 2 Hunza: naɣé, naɣei
Nagar: naɣé, naɣei
Common Burushaski: *muʒ̃́óq
Common Burushaski: *naɣéći
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: fringe, bundle of hair (on Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
cow's tail) Meaning: bamboo
Hunza: muʒ̃́óq Hunza: naɣéći
Nagar: muʒ̃́óq Comments: Sh. nagaći `Schilf'.

Common Burushaski: *muʒ̣ō̃́ Common Burushaski: *-̃́ncu

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *pa[n]
Meaning: paternal aunt
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -̃́nzu
Meaning: 1 (by) side 2 place in
Hunza: -̃́nco
house on both sides of the hearth
Nagar: -̃́nco
Yasin: -pa- (-pa-ći, -pa-i) 1, pan 2
Common Burushaski: *ne- Hunza: -pa 1
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -pa 1
Meaning: walk (go) Common Burushaski: *-̃́pe
Yasin: né-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ní-
Meaning: grandfather
Nagar: ní-
Yasin: -pe
Common Burushaski: *nṼ́nV Hunza: -̃́pi
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -̃́pi
Meaning: 1 pupil of the eye 2 eye-ball Common Burushaski: *-pháɣo
Yasin: -níni 1
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: nána 2
Meaning: stick, walking stick
Nagar: nána 2
Hunza: -pháɣo
Common Burushaski: *nVnV Nagar: -pháɣuỵ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *phalc̣V
Meaning: 1 uncle 2 aunt 3 mother
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: náni 2, 3, néne 2
Meaning: 1 beetle 2 bug
Hunza: nána, nané 1, 2
Hunza: phálc̣o
Nagar: nána, nané 1, 2
Nagar: phalc̣í
Comments: [Berger Hun.: Yas. nané]
Comments: Sh. phalc̣ií
Common Burushaski: *ŋi
Common Burushaski: *phalol
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: beard
Meaning: 1 Rumex cfr. crispus
Yasin: -ní
Linn., krauser Ampfer, als Gemüse
Hunza: -ŋí, -ní
und getrocknet als Zunder
Nagar: -ŋé
verwendet 2 glowing coal or
Common Burushaski: *paltaṣu burning splinter used as torch
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: pílili, pilpíli 2
Meaning: a k. of wild bush (Strauch) Nagar: phalól 1
Yasin: paltáṣu (L. pheltā̃́ṣo) Common Burushaski: *phaqís

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: phā̃́n-
Meaning: a k. of apricot Nagar: phā̃́n-
Hunza: phaqís Common Burushaski: *phel-c,
Nagar: phaqís *phal-c
Common Burushaski: *p(h)at Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: 1 a small tree with edible
Meaning: side berries 2 a k. of tree
Yasin: -̃́phat, -̃́pat Yasin: phalc 2 ("große Pappelart")
Hunza: -̃́pat Hunza: phelc 1, phalc 2
Nagar: -̃́phat Nagar: phē̃́lc 1, phalc 2
Comments: Sh. phē̃́s ?; Sh. phálca
Common Burushaski: *phat
`Pappelart'
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *phen ?
Meaning: to let off, let loose
Yasin: phat Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: phat Meaning: fly (insect)
Nagar: phat Yasin: phen
Comments: Sh. phat Hunza: phin
Nagar: phin
Common Burushaski: *-pháṭ
Common Burushaski: *phenVs
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: gizzard, stomach (of fowl) Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -pháṭ Meaning: 1 brow, forehead hair 2
Hunza: -pháṭ braid, head hair (of women)
Nagar: -pháṭ Yasin: -phénas 1
Hunza: -phínis 2
Common Burushaski: *pháu
Nagar: -phínis 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *phétiŋ
Meaning: to strew, sow
Yasin: pháu Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: pháo Meaning: ashes
Nagar: pháo Yasin: phétiŋ
Comments: Sh. pháo Hunza: phétiŋ
Nagar: phétiŋ
Common Burushaski: *phān-
Common Burushaski: *phinʒ̃́
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to swell Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
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Yasin: phínʒ̃́u Comments: Sh. phurguú
Hunza: phinć
Common Burushaski: *phópus
Nagar: phinć
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Kho. plīnʒ̃́
Meaning: besom, broom
Common Burushaski: *phirán Yasin: phópos
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: phópus
Meaning: 1 moth 2 spider Nagar: phóphus
Yasin: pherán 1
Common Burushaski: *phóṣi
Hunza: phirán 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: phirán 2
Meaning: vagina
Comments: T. 9078.2? [Pk. pheraṇa-
Nagar: phóṣi
`turning'??]
Comments: Sh. phóṣi
Common Burushaski: *phiṣ
Common Burushaski: *phu
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to fart
Meaning: fire
Yasin: phiṣ
Yasin: phu
Hunza: phiṣ
Hunza: phu
Nagar: phiṣ
Nagar: phu
Comments: Sh. piśík-
Common Burushaski: *phu-
Common Burushaski: *pho
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: moustache
Meaning: top, tip
Hunza: phú-ŋi
Hunza: -phó
Nagar: phú-ŋi
Nagar: -phó
Comments: A compound with -ŋi
Common Burushaski: *-phóɣonas 'beard'.
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *phu
Meaning: shoulder
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -phóɣonas
Meaning: to blow
Common Burushaski: *phol- Hunza: phu ét-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: phu ét-
Meaning: feather Comments: Sh. phu, Ba. phu bya, T
Yasin: pholɣó 9101 [only Kho. phu korik, phuik;
Hunza: phulɣū̃́ỵ Skt. in phūtkarōti, obviously
Nagar: phulɣū̃́ỵ onomatopoeic]

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Common Burushaski: *phuiŋ leg': Skt. lex. piṇḍilá- `having large
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: calves', Pk. piṇḍiyā- `calf of leg'
Meaning: 1 shoulder 2 nape of neck etc.; Turner suggests non-Aryan
Yasin: -phúiŋ 2 origin, but Bur. píni is still rather <
Hunza: -phóiŋ 1 Shina].
Nagar: -phóiŋ 1 Common Burushaski: *pisṼ́k
Comments: ? T. 13839 [Skt. sph(i)yá-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`scapula', in modern languages and
Meaning: 1 front piece of leather
Iranian also attested as
on boot 2 priceless leather
`shoulderblade', but never as [phuiŋ]).
Yasin: pisík 1
Common Burushaski: *phunc Hunza: pisók 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: pusók 2
Meaning: dew Common Burushaski: *poq-
Yasin: phunc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: phunc
Meaning: to bring (milk) to boiling
Nagar: phunc
Yasin: d-̃́poq-
Comments: Sh. phuc.
Common Burushaski: *pVn
Common Burushaski: *phVp-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 dung of small cattle
Meaning: 1 a wild plant (mit großer
and camels 2 dung of horses,
runder stachliger Samenkapsel) 2 das
donkeys, camels, goats
federförmige Blätterwerk des
Yasin: gus-pén 1, har-pán 2
Wacholders
Hunza: gus-pén 1, har-pán 2
Yasin: phápaŋ 1
Hunza: (gále) phípirṣ 2 Common Burushaski: *pVrík
Nagar: (gále) phípirṣ 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to hop, jump, leap
Common Burushaski: *píni ?
Yasin: prik dél-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: prik dél-
Meaning: calf of the leg, leg from knee
Nagar: prik dél-
to ankle
Comments: Sh. prik d-
Hunza: píni
Nagar: píni Common Burushaski: *qaq-
Comments: Sh. píni, Kho. pin; T. Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
8168. [Skt. píṇḍa-`lump', but variably Meaning: 1 dry 2 hungry
attested with the meaning `calf of Yasin: qaq- 1, 2

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Hunza: qaq 2 Meaning: revenge
Nagar: qaq 2 Hunza: qhái
Nagar: qhái
Common Burushaski: *qarū̃́jo (/*ɣ-)
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *qhalóhaŋ
Meaning: heron Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: qarū̃́jo Meaning: rust
Nagar: ɣarū̃́jo Yasin: xalóhaŋ
Hunza: qhalóaŋ
Common Burushaski: *qaṣ
Nagar: qhalóaŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: cubit Common Burushaski: *qháqhar
Yasin: qaṣ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: qaṣ Meaning: a k. of tree which
Nagar: qaṣ provides withes
Yasin: xáxar
Common Burushaski: *-̃́qat
Hunza: qháqhar `trockener
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Wacholderzweig'
Meaning: armpit
Yasin: -̃́qetaraŋ Common Burushaski: *qhar-
Hunza: -̃́qat Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -̃́qat Meaning: 1 dried out 2 to dry, roast
Yasin: xar- 2
Common Burushaski: *qes- / *qhes-
Hunza: qhaáo 1, qhar-, qhaqhár- 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: qharáo, qhaáo 1, qhar-,
Meaning: to rip, tear
qhaqhár- 2
Yasin: -xés-
Comments: Sh. khaár
Hunza: qis-̃́, -qhís-
Nagar: qis-̃́, -qhís- Common Burushaski: *qhar-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *qha
Meaning: to break, split
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -xár-
Meaning: good
Hunza: qhar-
Yasin: xa
Nagar: qhar-
Comments: Cf. perhaps Hun., Nag. -
qhū̃́- `to become happy' Common Burushaski: *qharáŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *qhái
Meaning: sheepskin; afterbirth
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: xaráŋ

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Common Burushaski: *qhaṣ
Common Burushaski: *qhō̃́tal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to rub
Meaning: 1 crown of tree 2 grow to
Hunza: qhaṣ
full height
Nagar: qhaṣ
Yasin: -xótal- 2
Comments: Sh. khaṣ
Hunza: qhō̃́tal 1
Common Burushaski: *qhát
Common Burushaski: *qhun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: mouth
Meaning: 1 breast bone 2 neck,
Yasin: -xát
nape
Hunza: -qhát
Hunza: -qhún
Nagar: -qhát
Nagar: -qhún
Common Burushaski: *qhéqhi
Common Burushaski: *qhurc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: dirt (nurs. word)
Meaning: dust
Hunza: qhéqhi
Yasin: xorc
Nagar: qhéqhi
Hunza: qhurc
Common Burushaski: *qherí Nagar: qhurc
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Comments: Sh. khuc `Mehlstaub'
Meaning: 1 wheat straw 2 Halme Common Burushaski: *qhuró-
mitsamt den Stoppeln (Getreide, Reis)
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: kheré
Meaning: cloud
Hunza: qhirī̃́
Yasin: xoróŋ
Nagar: qhirī̃́ỵ
Hunza: qhurónc̣
Common Burushaski: *qhor- Nagar: qhurónc̣
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *qhū
Meaning: small stones
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: xóro
Meaning: upper part of mountain
Common Burushaski: *qhork Hunza: qhū̃́
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *qhVltá
Meaning: chaff
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: xork
Meaning: sack, pocket
Hunza: qhurk
Yasin: xaltá, xaltyá
Nagar: qhurk

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Hunza: qhiltá
Common Burushaski: *-rék
Nagar: qhaltá
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. khaltá, Kh. xalta
Meaning: brother-in-law / sister-
Common Burushaski: *qiŋ in-law
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: -rék
Meaning: large dry juniper stem Hunza: -rík
Hunza: qiŋ Nagar: -rík

Common Burushaski: *qoŋ / *qaŋ Common Burushaski: *-reŋ


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: hole, cavity Meaning: hand
Nagar: qoŋ, qaŋ Yasin: -rén
Hunza: -rī̃́ŋ
Common Burushaski: *qoqó
Nagar: -rī̃́ŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: crop, goitre Common Burushaski: *-rić
Yasin: qoqó Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ɣuqú Meaning: 1 kidney 2 testicle
Nagar: ɣuqú Yasin: -̃́rić 1
Hunza: irínć 2
Common Burushaski: *qorqor-
Nagar: irínć 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 soft, porous stone 2 small Common Burushaski: *-̃́s
stones Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: qorqór 1 Meaning: heart, soul
Nagar: qoqór 2 Yasin: -̃́s
Hunza: -̃́s
Common Burushaski: *quś
Nagar: -̃́s
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: armpit (of clothing) Common Burushaski: *-ṣ
Yasin: quś Meaning: neck, throat
Comments: Here also Hun., Nag. -ɣúṣ Yasin: -̃́ṣ
'vulva'? Hunza: -̃́ṣ
Nagar: -̃́ṣ
Common Burushaski: *-re-
Meaning: walk (go) Common Burushaski: *-̃́s
Yasin: ceré-, tharé- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: Q Meaning: young (of animals), child
Nagar: s Yasin: -ís

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Hunza: -̃́s-k Nagar: -śák 1, śak 2, -śáki- 3
Nagar: -̃́s-k
Common Burushaski: *śal
Common Burushaski: *sa Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: shallow
Meaning: 1 sun 2 day 3 month Hunza: śal
Yasin: sa 1, 2, -sa 3 Nagar: śal
Hunza: sa, pl. sámuc̣ 1, 2, -sa(n), -
Common Burushaski: *salé-n
samo 3
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: sa, pl. sámuc̣ 1, 2, -sa(n), -
Meaning: 1 sister(s) and
samo 3
daughter(s) of a man 2 to betrothe
Common Burushaski: *-sa- / *-se (a girl) 3 woman, female relatives
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: salén, selén 1, -sálgin- 2
Meaning: 1 what, which 2 why Hunza: -sálgin- 2, silaʒ̣ín 3
Yasin: bé-sa, bé-se 2 Nagar: -sálgin- 2, silaʒ̣ín 3
Hunza: bé-sa-n 1, bé-se 2
Common Burushaski: *sán
Nagar: bé-sa-n 1, bé-se 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *-śa- / *-śi- Meaning: spleen
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: -sán
Meaning: to stop up, obstruct Hunza: -sán
Yasin: -śí-, pl. -śa- Nagar: -sán
Hunza: -śá-
Common Burushaski: *-śáŋ
Nagar: -śá-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ṣaíto / *ṣuíto Meaning: limbs, body parts
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -śáŋ
Meaning: 1 flute 2 whistling Nagar: -śáŋ
Hunza: ṣuíto 2
Common Burushaski: *ṣáo
Nagar: ṣaíto 1
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *śak Meaning: oversalted
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: ṣáo
Meaning: 1 arm 2 one of the three Nagar: ṣáo
parts of an animal's leg 3 to cut the
Common Burushaski: *sar
body according to joints
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -śak 1
Meaning: hare
Hunza: -śák 1, śak 2, -śáki- 3

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Yasin: sar Meaning: needle
Hunza: sar Yasin: sel
Nagar: sar Hunza: sel
Nagar: sel
Common Burushaski: *śatá
Comments: ?T. 12466 [Skt. śilī
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`dart, arrow', Pk. silla-, sella-
Meaning: middle part of the sole; soft
`spear, arrow'; in Kho. only šil
spot in the middle of the hoof not
`wedge for the door' and possibly
covered by the horseshoe
of different origin < Skt. lex. śili-
Hunza: śatá
`lower timber of a door'; never
Nagar: śatá
`needle'].
Common Burushaski: *sau
Common Burushaski: *śe[m]
Meaning: sand
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: sáu
Meaning: wool
Hunza: sáo
Yasin: śe
Nagar: sáo
Hunza: śe, pl. śémiŋ
Common Burushaski: *ṣau Nagar: śe, pl. śémiŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ses
Meaning: a k. of wild rose (the bark of
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
which is used to make tea)
Meaning: person(s), people
Yasin: ṣaú
Yasin: ses
Hunza: ṣoó
Hunza: sis
Nagar: ṣoó
Nagar: sis
Common Burushaski: *ṣā̃́o
Common Burushaski: *sesin-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to wash
Meaning: clear, clean
Hunza: ṣā̃́o -̃́t-
Yasin: sésenum, sesénum
Common Burushaski: *se Hunza: sisínum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: sisínum
Meaning: that Comments: Sh. sisíno
Yasin: se, esé
Common Burushaski: *śi
Hunza: isé, es
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: isé, es
Meaning: fireplace, hearth
Common Burushaski: *sel Hunza: śi
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: śi

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Nagar: ṣiqám 1, ṣiqá 2
Common Burushaski: *śi / *ṣi / *ṣu
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *ṣiqá-
Meaning: eat Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: -ṣí- / -ṣú- Meaning: wasp
Hunza: śé-, ṣú- Yasin: iṣqár
Nagar: śé-, ṣú- Hunza: ṣiqár
Nagar: ṣiqál
Common Burushaski: *ṣikárk
Comments: Sh. iṣkár
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: yellow Common Burushaski: *ṣiqár
Yasin: iṣkárk Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ṣikárk Meaning: 1 shame 2 to be ashame
Nagar: ṣikárk 3 sich einer Sache brüsten, derer
man aber in Wahrheit unfähig ist
Common Burushaski: *śilan
Yasin: -̃́ṣqar- 3
Meaning: tail
Hunza: ṣiqár 1, -̃́ṣqar- 2
Yasin: -śílan
Nagar: ṣiqár 1, -̃́ṣqar- 2
Common Burushaski: *śiní
Common Burushaski: *-̃́sir-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: summer
Meaning: to sharpen, whet
Yasin: śiní
Hunza: -̃́sir-
Hunza: śiní
Nagar: -̃́sir-
Nagar: śiní
Comments: T 12700? [Skt. śrāvaṇiká- Common Burushaski: *ṣíri
`relating to the 4th month', Panj. Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
sauṇī ???] Meaning: locust
Common Burushaski: *ṣiŋ Hunza: ṣíri

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-̃́s-, *sen-


Meaning: milk Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: ṣiŋ Meaning: say
Nagar: ṣiŋ Yasin: sén-
Common Burushaski: *ṣiqá Hunza: -̃́s-, sén-
Nagar: -̃́s-, sén-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: 1 green 2 grass Common Burushaski: *-ṣki
Yasin: iṣqám 1, iṣqá 2 Meaning: on/under the head
Hunza: ṣiqám 1, ṣiqá 2 Yasin: -̃́uṣki, -úṣki

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Hunza: -̃́ṣki Common Burushaski: *śóq-
Nagar: -̃́ṣki, -úṣki Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Probably derived from *-ṣ Meaning: wide, broad
`neck'. Yasin: śóqum
Common Burushaski: *-skil Hunza: śóqum
Nagar: śóqum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: face Common Burushaski: *-śor-
Yasin: -̃́skil, -̃́skul Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -̃́skil Meaning: to melt; become sour (of
Nagar: -̃́skil milk)
Common Burushaski: *-śóɣun Yasin: -śór-
Hunza: -śór-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -śór-
Meaning: 1 hip, thigh 2 pelvic bone
Yasin: -śóɣon 1 Common Burushaski: *śō
Hunza: -śúɣun 2 Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -śúɣun 2 Meaning: dried leaves, stalks, roots
Comments: Sh. śugnei āti etc.
Common Burushaski: *-̃́so[m] Hunza: śoó
Nagar: śoó
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: kidney Common Burushaski: *-sqa
Hunza: -̃́so, pl. -̃́somuc Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -̃́so, pl. -̃́somuc Meaning: on the back
Common Burushaski: *śon Yasin: -̃́sqa
Hunza: -̃́sqa
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -̃́sqa
Meaning: blind
Yasin: śon Common Burushaski: *-st-
Hunza: śon Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: śon Meaning: 1 sister of a man; sister-
Common Burushaski: *ṣoq in-law, sister of the wife 2 parents-
in-law, parents of the wife 3
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
father-in-law 4 mother-in-law
Meaning: shoe sole
Yasin: -yást 1; -̃́s-kir 3, -̃́staru 3
Hunza: ṣoq
pl., 2; -̃́s-kus 4
Nagar: ṣoq
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Hunza: -yás 1, pl. -yáscaro / - Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
yástaro; -̃́s-kir 3, -̃́s-kus 4, -̃́stiŋ, - Meaning: driftwood
̃́sciŋ 2 Yasin: śulú
Nagar: -yás 1, pl. -yáscaro; -̃́s-kir 3, - Hunza: śuú
̃́s-kus 4, -̃́stiŋ 2 Nagar: śuú
Common Burushaski: *-̃́ṣṭiŋ Common Burushaski: *sum
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: loins, waist, kidney area Meaning: 1 sprout, shoot 2 tail 3
Yasin: -̃́ṣṭiŋ snout (of a vessel)
Hunza: -̃́ṣṭiŋ Yasin: sum 1, su (pl. súmu) 3
Nagar: -̃́ṣc̣iŋ Hunza: sum 1, -súmal 2
Common Burushaski: *sú- Nagar: sum 1, -súmal 2

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-sú[m]


Meaning: to bring, fetch Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: sú- Meaning: umbilical cord
Hunza: sú- Yasin: -su, pl. -súmu
Nagar: sú- Hunza: -súi, pl. súimuc
Common Burushaski: *śukór / *ṣuqór Nagar: -súi, pl. súimuc

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *sum


Meaning: 1 red-brown, reddish-brown Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
2 local soap in a degree of preparation Meaning: female (of animals, esp.
with this colour 3 local soap prepared goats)
of plant ashes and fat Yasin: sum
Yasin: iṣqór 1, 2 Hunza: sum
Hunza: śukór 3 Nagar: sum
Nagar: śukór 3
Common Burushaski: *śum-sōi
Common Burushaski: *ṣúli
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: third unit in the four-
Meaning: Gewehrlauf; Schnabel (an finger measure system (sōi)
einem Gefäß); Rohr zum Anblasen des Hunza: śum-sō̃́i
Feuers
Common Burushaski: *śumulū
Hunza: ṣúli
Nagar: ṣúli Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: eine Johannisbeerenart
Common Burushaski: *śulú
Hunza: śumulū̃́

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Nagar: śumulū̃́ Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *-śu-n- Meaning: 1 hearth 2 four large
stones around the hearth 3 flat
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
stone side, esp. cavity of the hearth
Meaning: to become loose, untied
built by four stones 4 honorary
Yasin: -śún-
elevated platform in the house
Hunza: -śún-
Yasin: śútum 1, śití 4
Nagar: -śún-
Hunza: śútin 2, śitík 3, śití 4
Common Burushaski: *ṣuqúr Nagar: śútin 2, śitík 3, śití 4
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Comments: Sh. śĩ́ĩṭi 4, śutī̃́ `corner'
Meaning: 1 to turn sour 2 sour
Common Burushaski: *-sṼ́sVn
Yasin: iṣqórum 2
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -ṣqur- 1, ṣuqúrum 2
Meaning: elbow
Nagar: -ṣqur- 1, ṣuqúrum 2
Yasin: -sésen
Common Burushaski: *ṣuqúr Hunza: -súsun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -súsun
Meaning: foreign
Common Burushaski: *-̃́t-
Hunza: ṣuqúr
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: ṣuqúr
Meaning: to do, make, set up
Common Burushaski: *ṣuqū̃́r Yasin: -̃́t-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -̃́t-
Meaning: sparrow Nagar: -̃́t-
Hunza: (chil) ṣuqū̃́r
Common Burushaski: *taɣ
Nagar: (chil) ṣuqū̃́r
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *śúśun Meaning: 1 branch, shoot 2 a k. of
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: high vegetable with red leaves
Meaning: child's penis Yasin: taɣ 1, taɣéśiŋ 2
Hunza: -śúśun Hunza: taɣés 2

Common Burushaski: *-súsur Nagar: taɣés 2

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *tah


Meaning: skin on fingernails; gums of Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
teeth Meaning: leopard
Yasin: -súsur Yasin: ta, tah

Common Burushaski: *śuti Hunza: ta

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Nagar: ta Hunza: tápi
Nagar: tápi
Common Burushaski: *tal
Comments: Sh. trápi, tapi baṭ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
`dünne Steinplatte'
Meaning: belly, stomach
Hunza: tal Common Burushaski: *taríŋ
Meaning: skin bag
Common Burushaski: *tal
Yasin: taríŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: taríŋ
Meaning: dove Nagar: taríŋ
Yasin: tal Comments: Sh. tharíŋi; T. 5700?
Hunza: tal [Skt. taraṇa- `crossing', Pk. taraṇa-
Nagar: tal `crossing, boat'??]
Common Burushaski: *tali Common Burushaski: *tark
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: shed, stall
Meaning: slope (of a mountain) Hunza: tark
Hunza: talí Nagar: tark

Common Burushaski: *tam Common Burushaski: *te

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: to swim, bathe, wash Meaning: that
Hunza: tam dél- Yasin: te, ot
Nagar: tam dél- Hunza: ité, et
Nagar: ité, et
Common Burushaski: *táno
Common Burushaski: *téne
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: lower end of animal's Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
intestine Meaning: 1 last year 2 year before
Hunza: táno last
Yasin: téne 2
Common Burushaski: *tap
Hunza: tén-dili 1
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: tén-dili 1
Meaning: to cover (with a hat, coat
Common Burushaski: *-thán
etc.)
Hunza: tap -̃́t- Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: top
Common Burushaski: *tapi
Yasin: -thán
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -thán
Meaning: stony terrace Nagar: -thán

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Common Burushaski: *thoṣ
Common Burushaski: *thap
Meaning: new
Meaning: night
Yasin: thoṣ
Yasin: thap < Sh.?
Hunza: thoṣ
Hunza: thap
Nagar: thoṣ
Nagar: thap
Common Burushaski: *thu
Common Burushaski: *tharé-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to spit
Meaning: narrow
Yasin: thu
Hunza: tharénum
Hunza: thu (ét-)
Nagar: tharénum
Nagar: thu (ét-)
Common Burushaski: *thas Comments: Sh. thu, T. 6102
Meaning: smoke [obvious onomatopoeic matches in
Yasin: thas Pk. thū `fie', Skt. only thūt-kara-
Hunza: thas `sound of spitting']
Nagar: thas
Common Burushaski: *thugár
Common Burushaski: *that
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: buck goat
Meaning: cold (because of absent Hunza: thugár
clothes) Nagar: thugár
Yasin: that Comments: Sh. thugár
Hunza: that
Common Burushaski: *tik
Nagar: that
Meaning: earth
Common Burushaski: *ther Yasin: tik
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: tik
Meaning: dirt Nagar: tik
Yasin: ther
Common Burushaski: *tile
Hunza: ther
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: ther
Meaning: walnut
Common Burushaski: *thi Yasin: telé
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: tili
Meaning: to pour Nagar: tili
Yasin: -thi-
Common Burushaski: *tiṣ
Hunza: thí-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: thí-

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Meaning: wind Meaning: snake
Yasin: tiṣ Yasin: tul
Hunza: tiṣ Hunza: tol
Nagar: tiṣ Nagar: tol

Common Burushaski: *tókur Common Burushaski: *tul (?)


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: wooden chest (for grain, Meaning: canal
etc.) Hunza: tul
Hunza: tókur Nagar: tur
Nagar: tókur
Common Burushaski: *tumá-
Common Burushaski: *tol Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: nutshell
Meaning: awl Yasin: tumá
Yasin: tul Hunza: tumáỵ
Hunza: tol Nagar: tumáỵ
Nagar: tol Comments: Sh. tumā̃́

Common Burushaski: *tom Common Burushaski: *túni


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: tree Meaning: small basket
Hunza: tom Yasin: túni
Nagar: tom Comments: L. th-, Sh.?

Common Burushaski: *top Common Burushaski: *tur-


Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to hit, throw, attach, smear Meaning: marmot
Hunza: top -̃́t- Yasin: turćún
Hunza: turśún
Common Burushaski: *toq
Nagar: turśún
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. turśún
Meaning: mud
Yasin: toq Common Burushaski: *tVraŋ
Hunza: toq Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: toq Meaning: saddle girth
Yasin: traŋ
Common Burushaski: *tul
Hunza: traŋ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: traŋ

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Common Burushaski: *tVrap Meaning: dark
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Yasin: ṭuŋṭáŋ
Meaning: full Hunza: ṭuṭáŋ, ḍuṭáŋ, ṭumṭáŋ
Yasin: tap-hék Nagar: ṭuṭaŋ
Hunza: trap, trup, tri Comments: Sh. ṭumṭáŋ, ṭuṭáŋ
Nagar: trap, trup, tri Common Burushaski: *-u-
Common Burushaski: *ṭak Meaning: give
Yasin: -ú-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -ú-
Meaning: exactly
Nagar: -ú-
Yasin: ṭumṭák, ṭumuṭúk ( = Hun. ṭam-
ṭák) Common Burushaski: *-ú-
Hunza: ṭak Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. ṭak Meaning: to give
Common Burushaski: *ṭiŋán Yasin: -ú-
Hunza: -ú-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: -ú-
Meaning: egg
Comments: Derived is probably uṣ
Yasin: ṭiŋán
`debt'.
Hunza: ṭiŋán
Nagar: ṭigán Common Burushaski: *uj-
Meaning: big
Common Burushaski: *ṭóro
Yasin: -njú
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: ujúm
Meaning: log Nagar: ujúm
Hunza: ṭóro
Common Burushaski: *-úl
Nagar: ṭóro
Comments: Sh. ṭóro Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: belly
Common Burushaski: *ṭuk
Yasin: -ul
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Hunza: -úl
Meaning: a small time interval at Nagar: -úl
night; short sleep
Common Burushaski: *-úl-kiṣ
Yasin: ṭuk
Hunza: ṭuk Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Nagar: ṭuk Meaning: nest, hole
Yasin: -̃́lkiṣ
Common Burushaski: *ṭumṭaŋ
Hunza: -úlgiṣ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Nagar: -úlgiṣ

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Nagar: -ús-
Common Burushaski: *-úlʒ̃́i
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-uśa-
Meaning: foetus Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Hunza: -úlʒ̃́i Meaning: to nourish, grow
Nagar: -úlʒ̃́i Hunza: -úśa-
Nagar: -úśa-
Common Burushaski: *u-n
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Common Burushaski: *-wal-
Meaning: thou Meaning: fly v.
Yasin: un Yasin: du-wál-
Hunza: un Hunza: du-wál-
Nagar: un Nagar: du-wál-

Common Burushaski: *-úr- Common Burushaski: *wal

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: to turn, revolve Meaning: male (of unedible
Hunza: -úr- animals)
Nagar: -úr- Yasin: wal

Common Burushaski: *-úrV Common Burushaski: *waq

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:


Meaning: finger-nail Meaning: slightly opened (mouth,
Yasin: -úru hands, etc.)
Hunza: -úri Yasin: waq
Nagar: -úri Hunza: waq
Nagar: waq
Common Burushaski: *-úrV / *hVrṼ́
Comments: Sh. waŋ, L wak
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *warc
Meaning: 1 top (of mountain), comb,
crest 2 edge 3 sharp Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: úri 1, héreṣ 2, heréṣum 3 Meaning: correct, normal
Hunza: -úri 1, hirúm 3 Yasin: warc, wárce
Nagar: -úri 1, hirím 3 Hunza: warc
Nagar: warc
Common Burushaski: *-us- / *-was-
Comments: Sh., Kho. warc, wārc,
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Wa. warc
Meaning: to go out, away
Common Burushaski: *w-él- / *b-
Hunza: -ús-
él-

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Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: to put on (clothes) Meaning: to sieve, filter
Yasin: wél- Hunza: ʒ̃́al -̃́t-
Hunza: bél- / -joól- Nagar: ʒ̃́al -̃́t-
Nagar: bél- / -joól-
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́al- / *ʒ̣al-
Common Burushaski: *-wélʒ̃́i Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Meaning: 1 strip (of cloth) 2 beard
Meaning: dream (of goat) 3 long hair (of people) 4
Yasin: -wélʒ̃́i hairy
Hunza: -úlʒ̃́i Yasin: ʒ̃́aláṣ 4
Nagar: -úlʒ̃́i Hunza: -̃́ʒ̣al 1, ʒ̣aléi, ʒ̣alíi 2, ʒ̃́alā̃́li-
miŋ 3
Common Burushaski: *wesóro
Nagar: ʒ̃́alā̃́li-miŋ 3
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Comments: Sh. ʒ̣alíi `Wamme des
Meaning: widowed
Rindes', ʒ̃́alā̃́li `long hair'
Yasin: wesóro
Comments: Kho.? Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́am
Meaning: burn
Common Burushaski: *zaqan
Hunza: ʒ̃́am -t-
Meaning: many
Nagar: ʒ̃́am -t-
Hunza: záqan
Nagar: záqan Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́awá
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́a
Meaning: thick sinew
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Yasin: ʒ̃́awá
Meaning: I
Hunza: ʒ̃́awá
Yasin: ʒ̃́a
Nagar: ʒ̃́awá
Hunza: ʒ̃́e
Comments: Sh. ʒ̃́awá nā̃́r
Nagar: ʒ̃́e
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́ām
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́ak
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: relative (distant)
Meaning: rheumatic pain
Yasin: ʒ̃́ām
Hunza: ʒ̃́ak
Hunza: ʒ̃́aám
Nagar: ʒ̃́ak
Nagar: ʒ̃́aám
Comments: Sh. ʒ̃́aák
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̣ó-
Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́al
Sino-Caucasian Etymology:

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Meaning: come
Yasin: ʒ̣ó-
Hunza: ʒ̣ú-
Nagar: ʒ̣ú-

Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́oŋ


Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: clever
Yasin: ʒ̃́oŋ
Hunza: ʒ̃́on
Nagar: ʒ̃́on
Comments: ?T. 5191 [Skt. jānánt-
`knowing', Pk. jāṇa-??]

Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́oṭ


Meaning: small
Hunza: ʒ̃́oṭ
Nagar: ʒ̃́oṭ

Common Burushaski: *ʒ̃́u


Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: apricot, apricot tree
Yasin: ʒ̃́u, pl. ʒ̃́uíŋ
Hunza: ʒ̣uú, pl. ʒ̃́oóŋ
Nagar: ʒ̣uú, pl. ʒ̃́oóŋ

Common Burushaski: *ʒ̯eké


Sino-Caucasian Etymology:
Meaning: nit
Yasin: ʒ̯eké, c̣eké
Hunza: ʒ̣ikī̃́
Nagar: ʒ̣ikī̃́

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