шъынэ

Adyghe

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *śʷǝ(na).[1] Cognate with Kabardian щынэ (śənɛ). Note also Svan ჟინაღ (žinaɣ), a Circassian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂəna]

Noun

шъынэ • (ŝənɛ)

  1. lamb

Declension

References

  1. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*śʷǝ(na)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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