Proto-West-Caucasian: *mac̣a
Meaning: locust
Abkhaz: a-mác̣a
Abaza: mac̣a
Adyghe: māc̣
Kabardian: māc̣a
Ubykh: māc̣á
Comments: PAT *mac̣a; PAK *mác̣a. The inner analysis of PAK *mác̣a and relating *-c̣a to PWC *ć̣a 'louse' q.v. (see Yakovlev 1948, 273, 292; 1941, 260; Rogava 1956,26; Kuipers 1960, 92; Shagirov 1977, 262) is absolutely unacceptable. Therefore there is no need to consider the Ub. and PAT forms as Adygh loans - all forms correspond perfectly well to each other.
