лъагъуэ

Probably formed as лъэ (lˢe, “foot”) +‎ *гъуэ (*ğʷe, “road”), the latter found inside гъуэ-гу (ğʷe-gʷu). Cognate with Adyghe лъагъо (lˢaağʷo).

Abkhaz а-ҭлаҩа, Abaza тлагӏва (tˡaʻʷa) are Circassian borrowings. The Abkhaz alago (“footpath”), found only in Erckert,[1] is likewise considered a Circassian borrowing.[2]

The nature of relationship with Old Georgian ალაგი (alagi, “trail, road, way”) is uncertain.

лъагъуэ • (lˢaağʷe)

1. trail, track, path
2. direction, orientation
3. (figuratively) life's journey, trajectory of life
4. (figuratively) the way to someone's heart

• лъагъуэншэ (lˢaağʷenše)
• лъагъуэхэш (lˢaağʷexeš)

• Апажев, М. Л.; Коков, Дж. Н. (2008), “лъагъуэ”, in Б. Ч. Бижоев, editor, Кабардино-черкесско-русский словарь [Kabardian–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Elbrus, page 295b
• Lomtatiʒe, K. (1961), “Gakvavebul gramaṭiḳul ḳlas-nišanta saḳitxisatvis apxazuri enis saxelis puʒeebši [On the issue of fossilized grammatical class indicators in the stems of the substantives of the Abkhaz language]”, in Bulletin of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences‎ (in Georgian), volume 26, issue 1, page 118 of 115–122
• 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 245
• Шагиров, А. К. (1989), В. И. Абаев, editor, Заимствованная лексика абхазо-адыгских языков [Borrowed vocabulary of Abkhazo-Adyghean languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 30