Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/aʕʷә
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Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *aɣʷəna (“wine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*a-ʕʷә
- wine
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки[1] (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 36–38
- 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 179, derives Abkhaz directly from Georgian ღვინო (ɣvino) (should rather be Old Georgian ღჳნო (ɣwino) due to Abaza cognate)