Proto-West-Caucasian: *k:(ʷ)Vṭǝ
Meaning: hen
Abkhaz: a-ḳʷṭǝ́
Abaza: kʷṭu
Adyghe: č́atǝ
Kabardian: ǯad
Comments: PAT *ḳʷǝṭǝ; PAK *k:at:ǝ́. The AT and AK forms are obviously related; we can reconcile discrepancies if we assume an initial structure with different laryngeal features of the two stops (tense *k: and glottalised *ṭ) with subsequent assimilations (*k:ʷVṭǝ > PAT *ḳʷVṭǝ and *k:(ʷ)aṭǝ > PAK *k:at:ǝ́).
