Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁ́a
Meaning: time, season
Abkhaz: ā-n
Abaza: aʕa
Adyghe: ʁa
Kabardian: ʁa
Ubykh: ʁ́a
Comments: PAT *(a)ʕa (cf. also *ʕa- in *ʕa-mǝta 'time' > Abkh. ā́mta, Abaz. ʕamta); PAK *ʁa. The root should be distinguished from *ʁ́Iʷa 'season, summer/spring' (see under *ʁwĭnʔV), although the two roots could have influenced each other (in PAT, where *ʕa- in *ʕa-pǝ-nǝ 'spring' reflects rather PWC *ʁ́Iʷa, and in PAK, where the root *ʁa means 'summer' in some compounds and idioms - e.g., in PAK *ʁa-máxʷa 'summer' > Ad. ʁamāf, Kab. ʁamāxʷa). See Shagirov 1, 124.
