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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *Hʎwǝ̆rV̄
Meaning: honeycombs; wax
Proto-West Caucasian: *ƛʷa Notes: A common NC term. The affricate *ƛʷ in PWC can be explained if we assume a fusion with a dental prefix (*ƛʷa < *T-ʎʷa), as in some other similar cases.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ʔulχ
Meaning: honeycombs
Chechen: ulχ
Ingush: ulχ
Comments: 4th class in both languages. Obl. base *ʔulχa- (Chech. ulχa-, Ing. ulχo), but a trace of the older oblique base *ʔalχV- is preserved in Chech. plur. alχaš. Cf. also Pharch. urχ id.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʎorV B
Meaning: beehive
Tsezi: riIʎo / reIʎo
Bezhta: horo
Gunzib: horo
Comments: PGB *horo (cf. also Khosh. hörö) ( < *ʎ-).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ƛʷa
Meaning: 1 wax 2 honeycombs
Abkhaz: a-č̌á 1
Abaza: čʷa-ba 1
Adyghe: šafǝ 1
Kabardian: šaxʷ 1
Ubykh: cʷa-mʁ́á 2
Comments: PAT *cʷa; PAK *ča- in compounds: *ča-xʷǝ́ 'wax' (lit. 'white wax'), *ča-kʷá 'wax waste' (Ad., Kab. šākʷa). The correspondence PAT, Ub. cʷ : PAK *č points only to *ƛʷ in PWC.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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