Proto-West-Caucasian: *Ła(m)pa (~*l-)
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..