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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)
- orange
- (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