Proto-Dargwa: *š:a / *s:a
Meaning: 1 we 2 we (excl.)
Akusha: nu-ša 1
Chiragh: nu-s:a 2
Comments: In PD there existed an opposition *nu-š:a 'we (excl.)' - *nu-x:a 'we (incl.)', directly reflected in Chir. (although the reasons for *-š:- > -s:- are not quite clear). The 1st part of these compounds is *nu "I" q.v. Most Darg. dialects - except Chir. - have lost this opposition and have only one pronoun "we", cf. Ur., Muir. nuša, Kait. nis:a, Tsud. niš:a, Kub. nis:a. Moreover, in most dialects the second part of the compound was reinterpreted as some kind of plural marker and influenced the formation of the 2d p. pl. pronoun (Ak., Ur. ħuša etc.).
