ჸუჯა
Mingrelian
Etymology
ჸუჯი (ʾuǯi) + -ა (-a)
Adjective
ჸუჯა • (ʾuǯa)
- dumb, silly
- big eared
- deaf, earless
- Synonyms: ჸუნგა (ʾunga), ჸურუ (ʾuru), დაგუ̂ა (dagûa)
Usage notes
The preferred term for the meaning of deaf is ჸუნგა (ʾunga).
Descendants
- → Georgian: ყუჯა (q̇uǯa, “earless goat or goat with clipped ears”) (Khevsureti)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჸუჯა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჸუჯი”, 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 422b–423b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჸუჯა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN