ჸუჯა

Mingrelian

Etymology

From ჸუჯი (ʾuǯi) +‎ -ა (-a).

Adjective

ჸუჯა • (ʾuǯa)

1. dumb, silly
2. deaf, earless

   Synonyms: ჸუნგა (ʾunga), ჸურუ (ʾuru), დაგუ̂ა (dagûa)

3. big eared

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
• Kipšidze, Iosif (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)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 422b–423b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჸუჯა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN