атакъэ
Adyghe
Etymology
From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *t:aq:a. Cognate with Kabardian адакъэ (aadaaqe), Ubykh táqa.[1][2][3]
The second meaning is a semantic loan from Russian петух (petux).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔataːqa]
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Noun
атакъэ • (aataaqe)
- rooster, cock
- (slang) gay person; a homosexual
Declension
declension of атакъэ
case | singular | plural |
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indefinite | атакъэ (aataaqe) | атакъэхэ (aataaqexe) |
nominative | атакъэр (aataaqer) | атакъэхэр (aataaqexer) |
ergative | атакъэм (aataaqem) | атакъэхэмэ (aataaqexeme) |
instrumental | атакъэ(м)кӏэ (aataaqe(m)kʼe) | атакъэхэ(м)кӏэ (aataaqexe(m)kʼe) |
invertive | атакъэу (aataaqewu) | атакъэхыу (aataaqexəwu) |
References
- Абдоков, А. И. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 39
- Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*t:aq:a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- 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