Proto-West-Caucasian: *q́:Ia
Meaning: 1 to be 2 to have
Abkhaz: á-q̇a-la-ra 1
Abaza: a-ʡa-z-la-ra 1
Adyghe: -ʡa- 1,2
Kabardian: -ʡa- 1,2
Ubykh: q̇a-ʁ- 2
Comments: PAT *ʡa (used in conjunction with the verbal stem-suffix *-la-); PAK *ʡa in *š́ǝ-ʡa- 'to be' (Ad. š́ǝʡa-, Kab. śǝʡa- with a locative preverb *š́ǝ-), *jǝ-ʡa- 'to have' (Ad., Kab. jǝʡa- with a pronominal preverb *jǝ-); Ub. a-s-q̇á-ʁ "je l'ai" (a compound stem q̇a-ʁǝ-; etymology of the second part see under *ʁV). The correspondence PAT, PAK *ʡ : Ub. q̇ points only to PWC *q́:I.
See Shagirov 1,190; 2, 150 (with literature and with right dismissal of many false etymologies).
