щӏы

Kabardian

Etymology

From Proto-Circassian *t͡ʂʼə. Cognate with Adyghe чӏы (ĉʼə).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕʼa]

Noun

щӏы • (śʼə)

1. ground, earth

Derived terms

• щӏэрыкӏуэ (śʼɛrəkʷʼɛ)

References

• Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 153–154