адакъэ

Kabardian

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *t:aq:a. Cognate with Adyghe атакъэ (ataqɛ), Ubykh táqa.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔadaːqa]

Noun

адакъэ • (adaqɛ)

  1. rooster, cock

Declension

Declension of адакъэ
case singular plural
indefinite адакъэ (adaqɛ) адакъэхэ (adaqɛxɛ)
nominative адакъэр (adaqɛr) адакъэхэр (adaqɛxɛr)
ergative адакъэм (adaqɛm) адакъэхэмэ (adaqɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental адакъэ(м)кӏэ (adaqɛ(m)kʼɛ) адакъэхэ(м)кӏэ (adaqɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive адакъэу (adaqɛwu) адакъэхыу (adaqɛxəwu)

Descendants

  • Karachay-Balkar: адакъа (adaqa)

References

  1. ^ Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages]‎[1] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 39
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*t:aq:a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  3. ^ Ḳvaxaʒe, Aleksandre (2014) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul ena-ḳilo-tkmata semanṭiḳur-šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Comparative-Semantic Dictionary of Circassian Languages and Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 77