Proto-West-Caucasian: *q̇́Iʷa
Meaning: 1 to tan, rumple, soften (leather) 2 to thresh
Abaza: ħ:ʷa-ra 1
Adyghe: ʡʷa-n 2
Kabardian: ʡʷa-n 2,1
Comments: PAK *ʡʷa (the meaning 'to tan, soften' is preserved in Kab. ʡʷa-tǝ-n and Ad. ša-ʡʷā-ca, Kab. fa-ʡʷā-ʒa 'implement for softening leather' - see Kuipers 1975, 73).