моажа

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Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *maaḳ-. Cognates include Chechen мо̄жа (mooža, yellow) and maybe Bats მაკეჼ (maḳẽ, pale, colorless).

Pronunciation

Adjective

моажа (moaža)

  1. orange
  2. (obsolete) fair(-haired), blond(e), light brown (of hair), dirty blond

References

  • Mutalijev, Xadži-Bekir Šovxalovič (1941) Эрсий-гӏалгӏай словарь юххьерча школенна / Русско-ингушский словарь для начальной школы (overall work in Ingush and Russian), Grozny: Chechingosizdat, page 107:ру́сый
  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “моажа”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 117a