Proto-West-Caucasian: *č́:ʷa
Meaning: 1 to run 2 to walk uncertainly
Adyghe: ča-n 1
Kabardian: ža-n 1
Ubykh: ḳ́á-č́a- 2
Comments: PAK *č:a-; Ub. sǝ-ḳ́á-č́a-n. The Ub. verb is a compound with ḳ́a- 'to go, walk'. For phonetic reasons the comparison of PAK *č:a- and Ub. -č́a- (pointing to PWC *č́:ʷa-) is preferable to other comparisons: PAK *č:a- and Ub. žaja 'swift' (Mészáros 1934, 326); PAK *č:a- and PAT *ća- 'to go' (Shagirov 1, 193).
