ცი̄ნყა

Svan

Alternative forms

• ცინყა (cinq̇a), ცინაყა (cinaq̇a)

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian ცინყა (cinq̇a), Laz ცანაყო (ʒanaqo). Compare also Mingrelian ციმუა (cimua).

Noun

ცი̄ნყა • (cīnq̇a) (plural ცი̄ნყა̈ლ)

1. lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Derived terms

• და̈შდუ̂ე ცი̄ნყა (däšdûe cīnq̇a, “alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)”)

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ცი̄ნყა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 322b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “მოცვი”, 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 149a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ცი̄ნყა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1879