Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:Iʷaĺa ( ~ -Ĺ-)
Meaning: 1 crow 2 wild birds (generic) 3 jackdaw
Adyghe: q:ʷaLa-ź 1
Kabardian: q:ʷaLa-bzuw 2
Ubykh: qIaLa 3
Comments: PAK *q:ʷaLa (cf. also Ad. q:ʷaLa-bzǝw = Kab. q:ʷaLa-bzuw). Despite Shagirov (1,232) the Ub. form can not be regarded as an Adygh loan (because of pharyngealisation); see Mészáros 1934, 352, Abdokov 1973, 55. Although loss of labialisation in Ub. is not quite clear, other correspondences are quite regular.
The comparison of PAK *q:ʷaLa and Abkh. a-laħʷa 'raven' (Lomtatidze 1961, 121) is untenable; see Shagirov 1,232, Klimov 1967, 302.
