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Mingrelian
Etymology
From *ყურ- (*q̇ur-, “ear”) + -გა (-ga, privative suffix). For ნ ~ რ (n ~ r) alternation compare გინძე ~ გირძე (ginʒe ~ girʒe), მახინჯი ← *მახირჯი (maxinǯi ← *maxirǯi).
Adjective
ჸუნგა • (ʾunga)
- deaf
- Synonyms: დაგუ̂ა (dagûa), ჸურუ (ʾuru), ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa)
Descendants
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჸუნგა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1628
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჸუნგა”, 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 422a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჸუნგა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჸუნგა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN