Proto-Tsezian: *madu-ƛa
Meaning: weasel, squirrel
Tsezi: maduƛi
Ginukh: maduƛa
Khvarshi: maduƛa (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: maduƛa
Comments: PTsKh *madu-ƛa (with irregular -i in the final weak syllable in Tsez.). The word is historically a compound < *madu-rVƛa, corresponding exactly to PA *handa-riƛ̣:u 'weasel'.