Proto-West-Caucasian: *q̇ǝ
Meaning: to cut
Abkhaz: a-p-q̇a-rá
Abaza: p-q̇-ra
Ubykh: q̇ǝ-
Comments: PAT *q̇V (in Abkh. there also exists a variant a-pq̇-rá; cf. also a-t-q̇a-rá 'to cut out', showing that t- and p- are prefixes). Ub. a-s-q̇ǝ́-n. Abdokov (1983, 161) compares also PAK *wǝʡa- 'to wound' (Ad., Kab. wǝʡa-) which is rather dubious for phonetic reasons (-q:- would be normally expected).
