Related to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span> *nāxʷa (“clear”). *naxʷə light <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: Literary Adyghe: нэфы (nɛfə) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Kabardian: Literary Kabardian: нэху (nɛxʷu)...
Related to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span> *ʔāza (“skilled”). *xʷaʔāz skilled <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: Literary Adyghe: фэӏаз (fɛʼaz) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Kabardian: Literary Kabardian: хуэӏаз...
*t͡ʂʼəgʷə earth <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: *t͡ʂʼəɡʷ Literary Adyghe: чӏыгу (ĉʼəgʷu) Shapsug Adyghe: кӏыгу (kʼəgʷu) Abzakh Adyghe: щӏыгу (śʼəgʷu) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Kabardian: *t͡ʂʼəɡʷ...
semanṭiḳur-šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Comparative-Semantic Dictionary of <span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span> Languages and Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 174 Abajev, V. I...
A pan-Caucasian cultural word. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Georgian-Zan *katam-; <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Nakh *kotam; Bezhta гуьдаь (güdä), Hunzib гудо (gudo); Rutul кӏатӏ (ḳaṭ), Tsakhur...
*ɕʷawə honey <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: Literary Adyghe: шъоу (šʷowu) Shapsug Adyghe: щоу (śowu) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Kabardian: Literary Kabardian: фо (fo)...
*č́ʷǝ horse <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: *ʃʰə Literary Adyghe: шы (šə) Shapsug Adyghe: шʰы (šʰə) Bzhedug Adyghe: шʰы (šʰə) Abzakh Adyghe: шы (šə) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Kabardian: *t͡ʂə...
*t͡ʂəɣə tree <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Adyghe: *t͡ʂəɣə Literary Adyghe: чъыгы (ĉəɣə) (t͡ʂəɣə) Shapsug Adyghe: чыг (čəɣ) (t͡ʃəɣ) Bzhedug Adyghe: чъыгы (ĉəɣə) (t͡ʂəɣə) Abzakh...
Chirikba: borrowing from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span> *žaḳ́a (“beard”). Nikolaev & Starostin: from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Northwest Caucasian *ž́aḳ́a (“beard”). IPA(key): /ˈʐakʲʼa/...
apparently going back to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span> *źʁǝrǝ́bǝ, with regressive assimilation. *š́ʷǝʁǝrǝ́bǝ gooseberry <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Circassian</span>: *śχǝrǝ́bǝ (with progressive...