ნინძგი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ნინძგვი (ninʒgvi), ნიძგი (niʒgi), ნჷძგჷ (nəʒgə), ნჷნჷძგჷ (nənəʒgə)

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)‎^[1] (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)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN