атакъэ
Adyghe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *t:aq:a. Cognate with Kabardian адакъэ (adaqɛ), Ubykh táqa.[1][2][3]
The second meaning is a semantic loan from Russian петух (petux).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]атакъэ • (ataqɛ)
- rooster, cock
- (slang) gay person; a homosexual
Declension
[edit]| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | атакъэ (ataqɛ) | атакъэхэ (ataqɛxɛ) |
| nominative | атакъэр (ataqɛr) | атакъэхэр (ataqɛxɛr) |
| ergative | атакъэм (ataqɛm) | атакъэхэмэ (ataqɛxɛmɛ) |
| instrumental | атакъэ(м)кӏэ (ataqɛ(m)kʼɛ) | атакъэхэ(м)кӏэ (ataqɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ) |
| invertive | атакъэу (ataqɛwu) | атакъэхыу (ataqɛxəwu) |
References
[edit]- ^ Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages][1] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 39
- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*t:aq:a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- ^ Ḳvaxaʒe, Aleksandre (2014) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul ena-ḳilo-tkmata semanṭiḳur-šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Comparative-Semantic Dictionary of Circassian Languages and Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 77