Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/abˤaɡá

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

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Noun

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*a-bˤaɡá[1][2]

  1. jackal
  2. fox

Descendants

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  • Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *abagá[3][2]
  • Proto-Circassian: *baǵá[2]
  • Ubykh: б'агьашә (ḅagʲaŝʷ, jackal)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 361:*bagá
  3. ^ Dybo, V. A., Николаев, С. А., Starostin, S. A. (2007) “A tonological hypothesis of the origin of paradigmatic accent systems”, in Starostin, G. S., editor, Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 31:b(a̠)ga̠ ‘fox’