бага

See also: бяга

Abaza

FWOTD – 21 May 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *bVga, from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bIaga (“jackal; fox”), see Chechen цӏокъберг (cʼoqʼberg, “ounce”) for other proposed cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baɡa]

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. fox

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

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Chechen

Noun

бага • (baga) ?

1. larch (Larix, tree)

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Dolgan

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. love
2. frog (amphibian)

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Mongolian

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “child, infant, young of an animal”).

Cognate with Buryat бага (baga), Kalmyk баһ (bağ), East Yugur bagha, Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (bo.qo, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaг*/
• Syllabification: баг* (1 syllable)

Adjective

бага • (baga) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (bag-a))

1. small
2. few
3. young

Synonyms

• (small): жижиг (žižig), өчүүхэн (öčüüxen), жижигхэн (žižigxen)
• (young): залуу (zaluu), нялх (njalx)

Antonyms

• их (ix), том (tom, “big”)
• хуучин (xuučin, “old”)

Derived terms

• бага хурал (baga xural, “conference”)

Noun

бага • (baga)

1. a bit (a small amount)

Adverb

бага • (baga)

1. slightly, a bit

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡə]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ба́га • (bága) m inan

1. genitive singular of баг (bag)