кӏялагьи

Etymology
From. The latter survives only in dialects and "goes back regularly to *mihi (with a regular reduction of initial *m- + narrow vowel)", ultimately from 🇨🇬.

On the other hand, Kibrik / Kodzasov recording the word as ḳalla-hi in the Khosrekh dialect explain it as ‘white bundle’, apparently identifying the second part with homonymous, but this is typologically unlikely, unless the latter developed from an earlier sense ‘wood’; in this respect compare 🇨🇬. Nikolayev / Satrostin offer a native etymology for, ultimately from 🇨🇬.

Note also 🇨🇬, another tree name with.

See also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) birch
 * 2) aspen; poplar
 * 1) aspen; poplar

Usage notes

 * The meaning ‘birch’ is found universally in the standard materials of the language, while ‘aspen’ and ‘poplar’ are found only in unreliable X. Xalilov and Erckert. Therefore they may be spurious.
 * The spelling is widely attested in the materials, but ignored in the etymological discussion of Nikolayev / Starostin and Xajdakov.