ჸუნგა
Mingrelian
Etymology
From ჸუნგა ← *ჸურგა ← *ყურგა (ʾunga ← *ʾurga ← *q̇urga), equivalent to *ყურ- (*q̇ur-, “ear”) + -გა (-ga, privative suffix). *ყურ- (*q̇ur-), borrowed from Georgian ყური (q̇uri), is a doublet of ჸუჯი (ʾuǯi, “ear”) and ჸურუ (ʾuru, “deaf”). For ნ ~ რ (n ~ r) alternation compare გინძე ~ გირძე (ginʒe ~ girʒe), მახინჯი ← *მახირჯი (maxinǯi ← *maxirǯi).
Adjective
ჸუნგა • (ʾunga)
- deaf
- Synonyms: დაგუ̂ა (dagûa), ჸურუ (ʾuru), ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa)
Descendants
- → Svan: ყუგ (q̇ug), ყუგუ (q̇ugu)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჸუნგა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1628
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჸუნგა”, 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 422a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჸუნგა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ჸუნგა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN