Proto-West-Caucasian: *bǝ
Meaning: a demonstrative stem
Abkhaz: a-b-
Abaza: a-b-
Kabardian: (ā)-bǝ
Comments: PAT *(a)bǝ- - an approximating deictic particle (Abkh. ab-ni "that (nearer than ani)", Abaz. abani id. etc.). In AK the particle has survived only in Kab. within the pronoun ā-bǝ 'that'.