Proto-Nakh: *pχā
Meaning: hornbeam
Chechen: pχa
Ingush: pχän
Comments: 3d class in Chech., 4th class in Ing. Obl. base *pχā-nu- (Chech. pχōna-) / *pχā-ni- (Ing. pχäno, Chech. plur. pχēna-š). The Ing. direct base pχän is a back-building from the oblique base. In Chech. the word is glossed as "hornbeam; plane-tree".