Proto-West-Caucasian: *gʷan(ǝ)ž́a
Meaning: knee
Adyghe: ʎa-gwānǯa
Kabardian: ʎa-gwāźa
Comments: PAK *ʎa-gʷa(n)žá (*ʎa 'foot, leg' q.v.). It is hardly possible (for semantic reasons) to compare the AK form with Ub. ǵanć̣á 'handle' (see Shagirov 1977, 249).