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Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/wa

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Northwest Caucasian

Etymology

From Proto-North Caucasian *u̯ō. Compare: Proto-Nakh *waj, Proto-Lezghian *u̯o-n and Khinalug вы (wɨ).

Pronoun

*wa [1]

  1. thou

Descendants
  • Abkhaz-Abaza: *wará
  • Circassian: *wa
    • Adyghe: уа (wā)
    • Kabardian: уа (wā)
  • Ubykh: wǝʁʷá

References
  1. Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*uō”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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