Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝχ́ʷA
Meaning: daughter
Abkhaz: a-pħá
Abaza: pħa
Adyghe: pχʷǝ
Kabardian: pχʷǝ
Ubykh: pχ́a
Comments: PAT *pǝħa (with a secondary dissimilative delabialisation); PAK *pχʷǝ. The root must have originally meant 'woman' in general and has preserved this meaning in PWC *pǝχ́ʷA-śʷǝ: PAT *pǝħʷǝśǝ 'woman' (Abkh. a-pħʷǝ́s, Bz. a-pħʷǝ́ś, Abaz. pħʷǝs) = Ub. pχ́ašʷ 'wife'. Cf. also Ub. pχ́a-ʒá 'wife, woman'.
