gacağusı

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen gyjamak, Uyghur [script needed] (qajimaq), also Azerbaijani gıcırdamaq, Gagauz gıcirdamaa, Turkish gıcırdamak, Southern Altai кычы- (kïčï-, “to itch”), etx.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qɑʝɑ]

Verb

gacağusı

1. to gnaw, nibble
2. to bite

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “каджа”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “qɑʝɑ”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 459
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gɑʝɑ”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 102
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “qajï-, qaja-”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 283
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “qaja-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 217