ნინძგი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ნინძგვი (ninʒgvi), ნიძგი (niʒgi), ნჷძგჷ (nəʒgə), ნჷნჷძგჷ (nənəʒgə)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *niǯgw-.
Noun
ნინძგი • (ninʒgi) (plural ნინძგეფი)
- 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
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (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) (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), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN