Proto-West-Caucasian: *mǝsa
Meaning: tinder
Abkhaz: a-č̌msá
Abaza: čʷǝmsa
Ubykh: pa-msá
Comments: PAT *cʷǝ-mǝsa (cf. also Bzyb. a-č̌-msá; the first part of the compound reflects the root "fire", see *mAc̣ʷa). The Ubykh form is also a compound, with a not quite clear first component (perhaps it can be identified with pa- "beech-tree", and the whole word originally means "tinder made of tree fungus").
