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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *la(r)qʷa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 raven 2 rook 3 pigeon
Abkhaz: á-laħʷa 1
Abaza: laħʷa 2
Adyghe: tħārq:ʷa 3
Kabardian: tħarǝq:ʷa 3
Ubykh: daχʷá 3
Comments: PAT *laħʷa; PAK *tħar(ǝ)q:ʷá; Ub. def. á-daχʷa. The correspondence PAT *l- : PAK *tħ- : Ub. d- points to PWC *l-; PAT *-ħʷ- : PAK *-q:ʷ- - to PWC *qʷ. Ub. χʷ instead of expected qʷ may be explained by a special development within the cluster: *larqʷa > *darqʷa > *darχʷa > daχʷa.

    See Климов 1967, 302; Шагиров 1977, 84.

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