Bgazhba 1964: 235; Genko 1998: 83; Kaslandzia 2005: I, 338. Polysemy: 'earth (planet) / earth (land) / earth (soil)'. Borrowed from Georgian adgili 'place, location' (initially in the meaning 'ground' /surface/, but currently serving in the meaning 'soil' as well).
Bzyb:ˈa=dgʸǝl {адгьыл}-1
Bgazhba 2006: 155; Genko 1998: 83. Borrowed from Georgian adgili 'place, location' (see notes on Abkhaz proper).
Abaza:adgʸǝl {адгьыл}-1
Tugov 1967: 35; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 157. Borrowed from Georgian adgili 'place, location' (initially, most likely, in the meaning 'ground' /surface/, but today this is also the main word in the meaning 'soil' as well).
Tugov 1967: 380; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 128. Of the two synonyms for 'to eat' in Abaza, external evidence (Abkhaz) shows fa- to be more archaic than čʸa-. Since no semantic differentiation whatsoever is seen between fa- and čʸa- in either of the two dictionaries, we list them as synonyms, with the implication that čʸa- is a newer word, gradually replacing the older fa-.
Bgazhba 1964: 632 (rendered orthographically as {акутаӷь}); Genko 1998: 125; Kaslandzia 2005: I, 533. A composite form in which the first component = a=kʼʷtʼˈǝ 'hen' [Genko 1998: 125]; however, the word means both 'hen's egg' and 'egg' in general.
Tugov 1967: 246; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 580. A composite form, in which the first component is really kʼʷtʼu {кIвтIу} 'hen' [Tugov 1967: 246] and only the last consonant (=ɣʸ) remains from the original root for 'egg'.
Bgazhba 1964: 150; Genko 1998: 55, 147; Kaslandzia 2005: I, 247, 603. The two variants are interchangeable, but ˈa=bla seems to be the more archaic and less frequently used of the two.
Tugov 1967: 306; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 439. A compound form, as is clearly indicated by both the word's phonetic structure and its external parallels; the latter allow to segment the word as ps-lačʷa, with ps- reflecting the original root for 'fish', but the meaning of *lačʷa is unknown.
Bgazhba 1964: 360; Genko 1998: 354; Kaslandzia 2005: II, 626. Polysemy: 'foot / trunk (of tree)'. Historically, a compound; the second component is also found in the word for 'hand' q.v.
Bgazhba 2006: 154; Genko 1998: 354. The first variant is from [Bgazhba 2006], the second is taken from Genko's dictionary (and might be erroneous). Historically, a compound; the second component is also found in the word for 'hand' q.v.
Tugov 1967: 43; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 350. The latter source gives the adverbial form azna-ta {азната} as the equivalent to the Russian adjective полный, which is not quite correct. The form seems not to be segmentable on the synchronic level; historically it may be analyzed as a=z-na, with a pronominal prefix and an adjectival suffix, based on external comparison.
Tugov 1967: 232; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 157. Secondary synonym: uʒǝšʷa {удзышва} [Tugov 1967: 377]. The difference between the two words is unclear and hard to establish through available sources (cf. ħʷra uʒǝšʷa ~ ħʷra yačʼʷa 'green grass' in [Tugov 1967]), but only yačʼʷa has reliable external parallels.
Bgazhba 1964: 104 (rendered orthographically as {ахаху}); Genko 1998: 286; Kaslandzia 2005: II, 284. A compound form in the meaning 'head hair' (=χa= = 'head' q.v.); 'hair' in general is expressed by the simple form a=χʷǝ.
Bgazhba 2006: 74; Genko 1998: 286. A compound form in the meaning 'head hair' (=χa= = 'head' q.v.); 'hair' in general is expressed by the simple form a=χˤʷǝ.
Tugov 1967: 389. This is the only lexical item in this source that is translated as 'hair (of the head)' (collective term). (Cf. such derivatives as qa=bra-da 'bald', etc.). It is a compound form: qa 'head' q.v. + bra, which, on its own, is translated as 'braid / forelock / mane' [Tugov 1967: 122] and, indeed, as is seen from external evidence, goes back to a general term denoting 'thick, dense hair'. The quasi-synonymous word qʷǝ generally denotes 'body hair' (as well as 'wool', 'down', 'feathers', etc.), although it has a correlated singulative form qʷǝ-c '(a single) hair' [Tugov 1967: 406], which can be applied to hairs on the head as well. In [Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 66], the collective 'hair (of the head)' is not given a direct Abaza equivalent, but the NP "curly hair" is translated as yčxːʷǝrwa bra.
Tugov 1967: 288; Zhirov & Ekba 1956: 438. Historically, a compound; the second component is also found in the word for 'foot' q.v. Distinct from maqa {махъа} 'arm' [Tugov 1967: 274].
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