Proto-West-Caucasian: *ǴʷV
Meaning: to steal
Abkhaz: a-ʁ́ǝ́-č́-ra
Abaza: ʁǝ́-č́-ra
Adyghe: tǝ-ʁʷa-n
Kabardian: dǝ-ʁʷa-n
Comments: PAT *ɣǝ-č́ǝ- (a compound with an unclear second part); PAK *t:ǝ-ʁʷa-. See Rogava 1956, 39, Shagirov 1,154 (despite these authors, Ub. wǝć(ǝ)- 'to steal' can hardly be related, for phonetic reasons). The nature of initial *t:ǝ- in PAK, as well as of *-č́ǝ in PAT, is not yet clear.
