Proto-West-Caucasian: *p:ǝ̃sa
Meaning: eyebrow
Abkhaz: á-ǯ́ǝ-mš́
Abaza: ǯ́ǝ-msa
Adyghe: nā-pca
Kabardian: nā-bʒa
Ubykh: bLa-msá
Comments: For PWC a compound *bǝ̃lV-p:ǝ̃sa (**'eye-hair') should be reconstructed. The first part is normally reflected in Ub. bLa- and PAK *na-, but in PAT replaced by an obscure component *ǯ́ǝ- (PAT *ǯ́ǝ-mǝsV). In Abkh. a further assimilation has occurred (*ǯ́ǝ-ms > ǯ́ǝ-mš́). The strong *p:- in PWC is suggested by the PAK form *-p:c:a < *-p:sa (PAK *na-p:c:á).
