Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maažuᶰ

This Proto-Nakh entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Reconstructions note

In the Russian-Ingush dictionary of 1941, the semantics of “light brown with a grayish or yellowish tinge (of hair?)” is found instead of the modern “orange”.

Adjective

*maažuᶰ

1. light brown

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: мо̄жа (mooža, “yellow”)
  • Ingush: моажа (moaža, “orange”)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*māč̣-u(n) (~ -ǯ-)”
• Mutalijev, Xadži-Bekir Šovxalovič (1941) Эрсий-гӏалгӏай словарь юххьерча школенна / Русско-ингушский словарь для начальной школы (overall work in Ingush and Russian), Grozny: Chechingosizdat, page 107: “ру́сый”