Proto-West-Caucasian: *ŕǝ
Meaning: army, troups
Abkhaz: á-r
Abaza: rǝ
Adyghe: ʒa
Kabardian: ʒa
Ubykh: La
Comments: PAT *rǝ; PAK *ʒa; Ub. def. á-La. The correspondence PAT *r : PAK *ʒ : Ub. *L points to palatalized *ŕ in PWC. Because of this reconstruction, Charaya's (1912) comparison of the WC forms with Georg. eri 'people, nation' seems possible (despite Shagirov 1).
