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-გა
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Mingrelian
Alternative forms
xmf -გე -გერე
Etymology
Borrowed from xmf cau-nwc languages.
Suffix
xmf suffix
privative suffix added to nouns to form adjectives: -less, -free
Derived terms
xmf
References
ru ka Როგავა ka Გიორგი Абхазско-убыхско-адыгейский суффикс Privativum ga в Мегрельском Abkhaz-Ubykh-Adyghe privative suffix ga in Mingrelian language ka Საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის მოამბე Tbilisi 1942 III VI 625–630 https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/209782/1/Moambe_1942_N6.pdf#page=126
140–142, furthermore attempts to propose a native etymology