пха

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Chechen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nakh *pχā. Cognate with Ingush пхьан (pḥʳan, hornbeam). Associated with several weapon names, because they were made of hornbeam: Chechen пха (pxa, arrow), пха, пхьа (pxa, pḥʳa, shield), пхердукъ (pxerduqʼ, spear).

Alternative forms

Noun

пха (pxa)

  1. common hornbeam, Carpinus betulus

Further reading

  • Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 63
  • Alirojev, Ibragim Ju. (2001) Флора и фауна Чечни и Ингушетии [The Flora and the Fauna of Chechnya and Ingushetia], Moscow: Academia, →ISBN, page 21
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*x_wīrʕi ( ~ -ĕ)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Etymology 2

Noun

пха (pxaclass b2 (plural пхенаш)

  1. vein
  2. artery

Ingush

Noun

пха (pxa)

  1. vein

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *pä, from Proto-Uralic *puwe.

Noun

пха (pʰa)

  1. tree
  2. wood

Declension

Declension of пха
singular plural
nominative пха (pʰa) пхайәʼ (pʰajəʔ) пхазаӈ (pʰazaŋ)
genitive пхан (pʰan) пхайән (pʰajən) пхазан (pʰazan)
accusative пхам (pʰam) пхайәм (pʰajəm) пхазаӈәм (pʰazaŋəm)
allative пханә (pʰanə) пхайәнә (pʰajənə) пхазаӈдә (pʰazaŋdə)
locative пхагән (pʰagən) пхайәгән (pʰajəgən) пхазаӈгән (pʰazaŋgən)
ablative пхагәʼ (pʰagəʔ) пхайәгәʼ (pʰajəgəʔ) пхазаӈгәʼ (pʰazaŋgəʔ)
instrumental пхазьәʼ (pʰaźəʔ) пхайәзьәʼ (pʰajəźəʔ) пхазаӈзьәʼ (pʰazaŋźəʔ)
Possessive forms of пха
First Second Third
singular пхам (pʰam) пхал (pʰal) пхат (pʰat)
dual пхабәй (pʰabəj) пхаләй (pʰaləj) пхадәй (pʰadəj)
plural пхабаʼ (pʰabaʔ) пхалаʼ (pʰalaʔ) пхадаʼ (pʰadaʔ)

References

  • Donner, Kai R. (1944) “p͑å̀”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura