Proto-West-Caucasian: *c:a (~ *ć:-)
Meaning: tin, zinc
Adyghe: cafǝ
Kabardian: ʒaxʷ
Comments: PAK *c:a-xʷǝ́ (a compound with PAK *xʷǝ 'white', see Shagirov 1, 167). Despite Balkarov (1965, 49) the root *c:a- is not related to PAK *p:c:a- in the word for 'lead' (q.v.).