Proto-West-Caucasian: *wV
Meaning: 1 person 2 people, persons
Abkhaz: a-wa-ʕwǝ́ 1
Abaza: wa-ʕa 2
Adyghe: -wǝ
Kabardian: -w
Comments: PAT *wa- in *wa-ʕʷǝ 'person' (Abkh. a-waʕʷǝ́), *wa-ʕa 'people' (Abkh. a-wā́, Abaz. waʕa). In PAK the root survived only within the compound *čǝ-wǝ́ 'horseman' (Ad. šǝwǝ, Kab. šuw) = Abkh. a-čǝ-wa-(ʕʷǝ́) id. See Shagirov 2, 138-139 (note, however, that the author equates PAK *-wǝ with PAT *ʕʷǝ which is improbable phonetically).
