დაგუა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• დაგვა (dagva)

Etymology

From Abkhaz адагәа (adagʷa).^[1][2][3]

Adjective

დაგუ̂ა • (dagûa)

1. deaf

   Synonyms: ჸუნგა (ʾunga), ჸურუ (ʾuru), ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa)

Usage notes

The preferred term is ჸუნგა (ʾunga).

References

1. Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎ (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 23
2. Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, pages 63–64
3. Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 301

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “დაგუ̂ა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 355
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “დაგჳა”, 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 221b