Mingrelian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Abkhaz адагәа (adagʷa).[1][2][3]

Adjective edit

დაგუ̂ა (dagûa)

  1. deaf
    Synonyms: ჸუნგა (ʾunga), ჸურუ (ʾuru), ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa)

Usage notes edit

The preferred term is ჸუნგა (ʾunga).

References edit

  1. ^ Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎[1] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 23
  2. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 10, number 1, pages 63–64
  3. ^ Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 301

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “დაგუ̂ა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 355
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “დაგჳა”, 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)‎[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 221b