Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/atʼǝmˤa

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This Proto-Northwest Caucasian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Northwest Caucasian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

*atʼǝmˤa

  1. peach

Descendants

  • Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *atʼama (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Circassian: *tʼǝmˤa
  • Ubykh: тым'а (tʼəṃa)

References

  • Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) Common West Caucasian: The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology, Leiden: Research School CNWS, →ISBN, page 190:*tʼa/ǝma/ǝ
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ṭŭmhV ( ~ *ṭwĭ-,-ħ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers:*ṭVmIa
  • Ḳvaxaʒe, Aleksandre (2014) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul ena-ḳilo-tkmata semanṭiḳur-šedarebiti leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 69
  • Ḳvaxaʒe, Aleksandre (2019) Saertoapxazur-adiɣuri ponologiuri sisṭema (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 52