ნანია

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Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Georgian ნალია (nalia). See it for more.

Noun

ნანია (nania)

  1. a wooden barn, which is placed on four pillars and used to store maize or millet

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-наны́ра (a-nanə́ra)

References

  • Eliava, Givi (1997) “ნალია”, in Ḳorneli Danelia, editors, Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary (Materials)]‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Intellekti
  • Kadshaia, Otar, Fähnrich, Heinz (2001) “ნანია”, in Mingrelisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Kaukasienstudien; 3), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212b
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნანია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ნანია”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 286a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნალია”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN