ინღა

Svan

Alternative forms

• ინაღა (inaɣa)

Etymology

From Digor Ossetian нинӕгъ (ninæǧ).

Noun

ინღა • (inɣa)

1. raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: იმღვა (imɣva), ინღვა (inɣva)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ინღა”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 125a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ინღა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 130b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ჟოლო”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 164a
• Oniani, Arsen (1917) “ინღა”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 2b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ინღა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 633