Proto-West-Caucasian: *b́ʷV
Meaning: to sew
Abkhaz: á-ʒa-χ-ra
Abaza: ʒa-χ-ra
Adyghe: da-n
Kabardian: da-n
Ubykh: -dʷǝ-
Comments: PAT *ʒ́a-xǝ- (cf. also Abkh. Bz. á-ʒ́a-x-ra); PAK *da- (trans., cf. also *dǝ- intr. > Ad., Kab. dǝ-n). The same root served as a basis for PWC *b́ʷV / *b́ʷV-b́ʷV 'awl' > PAT *ʒ́aʒ́ǝ (Abkh. á-ʒaʒ, Bz. á-ʒ́aʒ́, Abaz. ʒaʒǝ), PAK *dǝdǝ́ (Ad. dǝdǝ, Kab. dǝd); Ub. dʷa 'needle'.
