аԥынҵа
Appearance
Abkhaz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *pǝ-nǝ-ć̣a,[1] from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *pʷA.[2] Cognate with Abaza пынцӏа (pəncʼa, “nose”), пынцӏыжв (pəncʼəžʷ, “nostril”), Adyghe пэ (pɛ, “nose”), and Kabardian пэ (pɛ).
Compare also Old Armenian պինչ (pinčʻ), Old Georgian პინჩი (ṗinči).
Noun
[edit]а-ԥынҵа • (a-pəncʼa)
References
[edit]- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
Further reading
[edit]- Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 88a
- Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “аԥынҵа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary][3], volumes 1–2 (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 168b