бжын
Kabardian
Alternative forms
- бжэн (bžen) – objectless form
Etymology
From Proto-Circassian *pč:ǝ- (Nikolayev / Starostin) or *bč:ǝ- (Šagirov). Cognate with Adyghe пчъын (pĉən); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʒən]
Verb
бжын • (bžən)
- to count
- Щӏалэр мабже.
- Śʼaaler maabžee.
- The boy is counting.
- Щӏалэм вагъуэр ебж.
- Śʼaalem vaağʷer jebž.
- The boy is counting the stars.
References
- 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 87