Proto-West-Caucasian: *t:aq:a
Meaning: cock
Adyghe: ātāq:a
Kabardian: ādāq:a
Ubykh: táqa
Comments: PAK *at:aq:á. Ub. has t- instead of the expected d- under the influence of the Ad. form; a direct loan from Ad. is less probable.
Shagirov (1, 56) analyses the first part of the PAK form as *at:á 'father', which is unacceptable because of external parallels and the obscure character of the component *-q:a (it is, however, possible that the prothesis *a- appeared in PAK under the influence of this root).
