Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:ʷa
Meaning: 1 gorge, ravine 2 valley
Adyghe: q:ʷa 1,2
Kabardian: q:ʷa 1,2
Ubykh: qʷa 2
Comments: PAK *q:ʷa. The Ub.-Ad. comparison see in Mészáros 1934,377, Shagirov 1,231 (where he also adduces Ub. q̇Iʷa 'cave' and Abkh. a-q̇ʷara 'rocky river bank' which should be kept apart). This root also should be separated from PAT *ḳʷarV 'ravine, river' (despite Shagirov ibid.) and from Ub. q̇ʷadá 'gutter' (despite Abdokov 1973,55).