ნინძგი

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Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *niǯgw-.

Noun

ნინძგი (ninʒgi) (plural ნინძგეფი)

  1. beak
    Synonym: ნიქითი (nikiti)

Descendants

  • Svan: ნჷნძგ (nənʒg)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნინძგი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1047
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ნინძგი”, 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 373b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნინძგი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN