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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *Ĺa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to deceive 2 to fool 3 to lure, entice
Abkhaz: a-ž́a-rá 1
Abaza: ž́a-ra 1
Adyghe: ʁa-ʡʷǝ-La-n 2
Kabardian: ʁa-ʡʷǝ-La-n 3
Ubykh: La- 1
Comments: PAT *ž́a-. PAK *ʡʷǝ-La- (a compound either with *ʡʷǝ 'mouth', or *ʡʷa- 'speak', see Shagirov 1,130): the stem is usually used with the causative ʁa-, but cf. the independent usage in Ad. ʡʷǝLa 'silly'. Ub. a-z-Lá-n (cf. also q̇ʷǝ-Lá 'stupid, silly' = Ad. ʡʷǝLa, but possibly a loanword).

    See Dumézil 1932, 126, Климов 1967, 300-301, Абдоков 1973, 79; Shagirov 1, 130.

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