gaca
Salar
Etymology
Cognate with Turkmen gyjamak, Uyghur [script needed] (qajimaq), also Azerbaijani gıcırdamaq, Gagauz gıcirdamaa, Turkish gıcırdamak, Southern Altai кычы- (kïčï-, “to itch”), etx.
Pronunciation
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [qɑʝɑ]
Verb
gaca
- to gnaw, nibble
- to bite
References
- Potanin, G.N. (1893), “каджа”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “qɑʝɑ”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 459
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “gɑʝɑ”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 102
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “qajï-, qaja-”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 283
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “qaja-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 217