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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *Ła(m)pa (~*l-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Adyghe: tħāp
Kabardian: tħampa
Comments: PAK *tħá(m)pa. Abitov's and Shagirov's (2, 83) explanation ("ear"+"front part") is clearly a folk etymology. The word has quite reliable parallels in EC languages. AK > Osset. (Dig.) ṭafä 'leaf', see Abayev 1979, 350..
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,

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