Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza numerals | |
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ONE | *zá |
TWO | *ʕʷǝ́ |
THREE | *xǝ́ |
FOUR | *pš́ǝ́ |
FIVE | *xʷǝ́ |
SIX | *čʷǝ́ |
SEVEN | *bǝž́ǝ́ |
EIGHT | *aʕə́ |
NINE | *zʷə́ |
TEN | *žʷá |
ELEVEN | *žʷájəza |
TWELVE | *žʷáʕʷǝ |
THIRTEEN | *žʷáxǝ |
FOURTEEN | *žʷájəpš́ǝ |
FIFTEEN | *žʷáxʷǝ |
SIXTEEN | *žʷáčʷǝ |
SEVENTEEN | *žʷájəbǝž́ǝ |
EIGHTEEN | *žʷáʕǝ |
NINETEEN | *žʷájəzʷǝ |
TWENTY | *ʕʷǝžʷá |
HUNDRED | *šʷǝ́ |
THOUSAND | *zaḱə́ |
From *zá (“one”) + *ḱə́ (“thousand”). The semantics of the last element, unfortunately, remain unconfirmed, if at all such a division corresponds to reality. If still not, then it should be reconstructed *zəḱə́, with an incompletely clear etymology.
*zaḱə́