Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology : Query result

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʎ́ǝ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lie

Abkhaz: a-š́-ta-rá

Abaza: š́-ṭa-za-ra

Adyghe: -ʎǝ-

Kabardian: -ʎǝ-

Ubykh: -ʎǝ-

Comments: PAT *š́ǝ-ta- (with unclear glottalization in Abaz.); the element *-ta- may be possibly identified with the locative verbal stem *-ta- 'to be (inside)'. In AK (PAK *ʎǝ-) and Ub. this root is used only with locative preverbs (cf. Kab. jǝ-ʎǝ-n 'lie within', Ub. bʁ́a-ʎǝ- 'lie upon' etc.). In Ub. the root is confined to the plural (being the collective counterpart of -sǝ- q.v.).

The transitive meaning ("to put") is not attested in the verbal paradigm, but there are some nominal derivates which have preserved it: cf. Kab. ʎa 'place' (*'place to put smth.'), Ub. ʎa-šʷá 'sheath, case' ("place (-šʷa) to put smth. in").