Proto-West-Caucasian: *q́Iʷaca ( ~ -c:-)
Meaning: nettle
Abkhaz: á-χʷac
Abaza: qʷaca
Ubykh: ca(n)cáχʷa
Comments: PAT *qʷacV (cf. also Bzyb. á-χʷac). The Ubykh form is metathesized and partially reduplicated. Abdokov (1983, 106) cites also a dialectal Kab. form ħandǝr-qʷasa 'burdock', which may be actually borrowed from Abaz.