атакъэ

Adyghe

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *t:aq:a. Cognate with Kabardian адакъэ (adaqɛ), Ubykh táqa.[1][2][3]

The second meaning is a semantic loan from Russian петух (petux).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔataːqa]
  • (file)

Noun

атакъэ • (ataqɛ)

  1. rooster, cock
  2. (slang) gay person; a homosexual

Declension

References

  1. Abdokov, A. I. (1973) Фонетические и лексические параллели абхазско-адыгских языков [Phonetic and lexical parallels of the Abkhaz-Adyghean languages] (in Russian), Nalchik: Elbrus, page 39
  2. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*t:aq:a”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, 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
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