Kabardian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *t:aq:a. Cognate with Adyghe атакъэ (ataqɛ), Ubykh táqa.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

адакъэ (adaqɛ)

  1. rooster, cock

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Karachay-Balkar: адакъа (adaqa)

References edit

  1. ^ Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages]‎[1] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 39
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*t:aq:a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  3. ^ Ḳvaxaʒe, Aleksandre (2014) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul ena-ḳilo-tkmata semanṭiḳur-šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Comparative-Semantic Dictionary of Circassian Languages and Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 77