гуащэ

Adyghe

Etymology

From гу (gʷu, “heart”) +‎ щэн (śɛn, “to deliver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʷaːɕa]

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Noun

гуащэ • (gʷaśɛ)

1. lady
2. a woman's mother-in-law: her husband's mother

   си гуащэ къэкӏуагъ ― si gʷaśɛ qɛkʷʼağ ― My mother-in-law came.

3. princess
4. (Kfar Kama dialect) wife

Declension

declension of гуащэ

case	singular	plural
indefinite	гуащэ (gʷaśɛ)	гуащэхэ (gʷaśɛxɛ)
nominative	гуащэр (gʷaśɛr)	гуащэхэр (gʷaśɛxɛr)
ergative	гуащэм (gʷaśɛm)	гуащэхэмэ (gʷaśɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental	гуащэ(м)кӏэ (gʷaśɛ(m)kʼɛ)	гуащэхэ(м)кӏэ (gʷaśɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive	гуащэу (gʷaśɛwu)	гуащэхыу (gʷaśɛxəwu)

Descendants

• →⇒ Svan: გუ̂აშაყან (gûašaq̇an, female given name)

Kabardian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʷaːɕa]

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Noun

гуащэ • (gʷaśɛ)

1. princess