жакӏэ
Adyghe
FWOTD – 19 July 2015
Alternative forms
- жакӏьэ (žaakʲʼe) (Shapsug)
Etymology
Literally, ‘mouth's tail’, from жэ (že, “mouth”) + кӏэ (kʼe, “tail”). Cognate with Kabardian жьакӏэ (źaakʼe). The word may be reconstructible at the Proto-Circassian level as *žāḳ’ā /ʒaːkʼʲa/.
Abkhaz а-жакьа (a-ẑakʲʼa), Abaza жакӏьа (žakʲʼa), Ubykh жаакьа (ẑaakʲʼa, “beard”) are borrowed from Circassian languages. See the first for more.
Iron Ossetian за́чъе (záḱ’e, “beard”), Digor Ossetian закъӕ (zak’æ, “beard”), зекъӕ (zek’æ, “chin”), Mingrelian ბჟაკე (bžaḳe, “beard”) are borrowed from Northwest Caucasian languages.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʒaːtʃʼa]
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Declension
declension of жакӏэ
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | жакӏэ (žaakʼe) | жакӏэхэ (žaakʼexe) |
| nominative | жакӏэр (žaakʼer) | жакӏэхэр (žaakʼexer) |
| ergative | жакӏэм (žaakʼem) | жакӏэхэмэ (žaakʼexeme) |
| instrumental | жакӏэ(м)кӏэ (žaakʼe(m)kʼe) | жакӏэхэ(м)кӏэ (žaakʼexe(m)kʼe) |
| invertive | жакӏэу (žaakʼewu) | жакӏэхыу (žaakʼexəwu) |
References
- Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 199
- 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 67
- Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) A Dictionary of Common Abkhaz, Leiden, page 92
- Абаев, В. И. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 285
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