Proto-West-Caucasian: *χʷa
Meaning: 1 to ask 2 to search
Abkhaz: á-ħʷa-rá 1
Abaza: ħʷa-ra 1
Adyghe: ʎǝ-χʷǝ-n 2
Kabardian: ʎǝ-χʷa-n 2
Ubykh: χʷa- 1
Comments: PAT *ħʷa (with accent variation in Abkh.); PAK *ʎǝ-χʷǝ- / *ʎǝ-χʷa- (on the distribution of the two forms and the preverbial nature of *ʎǝ- see Shagirov 1,256); Ub. sǝ-χʷá-n (Shagirov ibid. compares Ub. χʷá-č́a- / χʷa-č́á- 'to search' - which obviously contains the same root). In Adygh cf. also *χʷa-psa- 'to envy' ("ask" + "soul") > Ad., Kab. χʷa-psa-.
