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Mingrelian
Etymology
Borrowed from Northwest Caucasian languages.
Suffix
-გა • (-ga)
- privative suffix added to nouns to form adjectives: -less, -free
Derived terms
References
- Rogava, Giorgi (1942) “Абхазско-убыхско-адыгейский суффикс Privativum ga в Мегрельском [Abkhaz-Ubykh-Adyghe privative suffix ga in Mingrelian language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Russian), volume III, number VI, Tbilisi, pages 625–630
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, pages 140–142, furthermore attempts to propose a native etymology