Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/aʕʷә

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Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *aɣʷəna (“wine”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

*a-ʕʷә

  1. wine

Descendants

  • ⇒ Abaza: гӏва-дза (ʻʷa-dza)
  • Abkhaz: аҩы (ajʷə)

Further reading

  • Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки‎ (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 36–38
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 179, derives Abkhaz directly from Georgian ღვინო (ɣvino) (should rather be Old Georgian ღჳნო (ɣwino) due to Abaza cognate)
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