Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/žáḳ́a
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Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza
Etymology
- Chirikba: borrowing from Proto-Circassian *žaḳ́a (“beard”).[1]
- Nikolaev & Starostin: from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *ž́aḳ́a (“beard”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
*žáḳ́a
Descendants
References
- ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz, Leiden, page 92
- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ḳămʒ́ĕ / *ʒ́ĕmḳă”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers