ნიგა

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Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Abkhaz а-ны́га (a-nə́ga).[1][2]

Noun

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ნიგა (niga) (plural ნიგეფი)

  1. wooden milk bucket

References

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  1. ^ Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ნჷგა”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 291b
  2. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 10, number 1, page 42 of 25–76

Further reading

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  • Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎[3] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 31
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიგა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1044
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნიგა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ნიგა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN