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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *bǝšA (?-s-)
Meaning: 1 bird 2 wing 3 fly
Abkhaz: a-psā́(ṭʷ) 1
Abaza: pssʕa- 3
Adyghe: bzǝwǝ 1
Kabardian: bzuw 1
Ubykh: bzā-pá 2
Comments: PAT *pǝśǝ-ʕa- (cf. also Bz. a-pśā́, a-pśā́-ṭʷ 'bird', Abaz. pssʕa-č̣ʷǝ id.); -ʕa is obviously a suffix. PAK *bzǝ-wǝ́ (where -wǝ is an archaic diminutive suffix). Reconstruction of PAT *ś (and, therefore, PWC *š) is based on Abkh. Bzyb. evidence quoted in Marr's dictionary; since Bghazhba has not included the word in his book, it may well be Marr's misspelling - in that case we must reconstruct simply PAT *pǝsǝ-ʕa- and PWC *bǝsA.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ōrs_A
Meaning: to fly; to jump (from above)
Notes: The etymology is not quite certain, primarily because of the scarcity of reflexes in EC languages, and some phonetic uncertainties (variation between *s: and *c in Dargwa dialects, doubts in the precise nature of the PWC sibilant).
caucet-meaning,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *=ars:Vr- (/-c-)
Meaning: fly
Akusha: urc-es
Comments: Cf. also Ur. =arsVr-/urs- 'to fly'. Reasons of dialectal variations between -c- and -s- are not quite clear. The word for 'bird' in Ak. (arcan) is derived from the same root.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔors(:)V
Meaning: jump (from above)
Tabasaran: urs-
Comment: Isolated in Tab. (cf. also Düb. u=s- id.), but with probable external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-comment,
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