Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/žáḳ́a

This Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza 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-Abkhaz-Abaza

Etymology

Chirikba: borrowing from Proto-Circassian *žaḳ́a (“beard”).^[1]
Nikolaev & Starostin: from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *ž́aḳ́a (“beard”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʐakʲʼa/

Noun

*žáḳ́a

beard

Descendants

Abaza: жа́кӏьа (žákʲʼa)
Abkhaz: ажа́кьа (aẑákʲʼa)

References

^ Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz‎^[1], Leiden, page 92
^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ḳămʒ́ĕ / *ʒ́ĕmḳă”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

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