ჸუნგა

Mingrelian

Etymology

From *ყურ- (*q̇ur-, “ear”) +‎ -გა (-ga, privative suffix). For ნ ~ რ (n ~ r) alternation compare გინძე ~ გირძე (ginʒe ~ girʒe), მახინჯი ← *მახირჯი (maxinǯi ← *maxirǯi).

Adjective

ჸუნგა • (ʾunga)

1. 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
• Kipšidze, Iosif (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 [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN