Proto-Tsezian: *ži-ḳʷǝ A / *zi-ḳʷǝ A
Meaning: man
Tsezi: ž-eḳu
Khvarshi: ž-iḳwa
Bezhta: s-uḳo
Gunzib: s-uḳu
Comments: Cf. also Tsez. Asakh. žeḳʷi. PTsKh *žiḳʷǝ, PGB *suḳu. The word is originally a compound *ži-hiḳʷǝ (see *hiḳʷǝ); the vacillation *ž/*z is rather often a reflex of PEC palatal sibilants.