Proto-West-Caucasian: *b(ǝ)źa
Meaning: mark (on cattle's ears)
Adyghe: tħā-bz
Kabardian: tħa-bza
Comments: PAK *tħa-bza (with *tħa- 'ear'); cf. also Kab. ʎā-bza 'mark (on bird's feet)'. Shagirov 1, 244 considers -bza here to be derived from bzǝ-n 'to cut' (q.v.); the external parallels, however, provide another explanation.
