Proto-West-Caucasian: *ǯ́ǝ
Meaning: 1 (to move) back 2 to return
Adyghe: -ž́ǝ- 1
Kabardian: -žǝ- 1
Ubykh: jǝ-ǯ́(ǝ)- 2
Comments: PAK *ǯ́ǝ (the morpheme is treated as a "suffix of reverse action", see Shagirov 2, 76, and is used in compounds with other verbal roots); Ub. sǝ́-j-ǯ́ǝ-n (another Ub. compound with the same root is ʎaq̇a-ǯ́(ǝ)-, sǝ-ʎaq̇á-ǯ́ "to go after smb." (ʎaq̇á 'trace').
