чӏужу

Avar

Alternative forms

чӏчӏужу (ččʼužu) — Hid, Karakh, Kakhib, Rugudzh
чӏчӏужо (ččʼužo) — Hid, Keleb
чӏчӏижу (ččʼižu) — Sogratl, Salta, Kudali
ччужу (ččužu) — Kuyada, Khindakh
цӏцӏужу (ccʼužu) — Batlukh
цӏцӏужо (ccʼužo) — Hid, Keleb
цӏцӏузу (ccʼuzu) — Golotl

Etymology

From цӏу- (cʼu-, “feminine prefixoid”) + жо (žo, “thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃːʼu.ˈʒu/

Noun

чӏужу • (čʼužu) class 2 (ergative чӏужуялъ, genitive чӏужуялъул, plural руччаби)

wife
Synonym: лъади (lˢadi)
women

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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Derived terms

чӏужу абизе (čʼužu abize, “to woo, to propose”)
чӏужу йиччантезе (čʼužu jiččanteze, “to divorce”)
чӏужу яхъине (čʼužu jaqxine , “to divorce”)
чӏужу ячине (čʼužu jačine, “to marry”)
чӏужуаллагь (čʼužwallah, “goddess”)
чӏужугӏадан (čʼužuʻadan, “woman”)
чӏужумахӏ (čʼužumaḥʳ, “pansy boy”)
чӏужупача (čʼužupača, “empress”)