Northern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yaka. Cognate to Shor чаға (čaɣa), Khakas чаға (çağa), Tuvan чага (çaga), Tofa чаъһа (ča"ha), etc.

Noun

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чага (čaga)

  1. collar

References

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L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “чага”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN

Russian

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чага

Etymology

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Borrowed from Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, mushroom, growth).

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Noun

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ча́га (čágaf inan (genitive ча́ги, nominative plural ча́ги, genitive plural чаг)

  1. birch canker, chaga, clinker polypore, Inonotus obliquus
  2. chaga tea (a tea- or coffee-like beverage made by brewing chaga)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: chaga

Ukrainian

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ча́га

Etymology

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From Russian ча́га (čága), from Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, mushroom, growth).

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Noun

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ча́га (čáhaf inan (genitive ча́ги, nominative plural ча́ги, genitive plural чаг)

  1. birch canker, chaga, clinker polypore, Inonotus obliquus

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Further reading

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