კა̈̄კი

Svan

Alternative forms

• კა̄კი (ḳāḳi)

Noun

კა̈̄კი • (ḳǟḳi) (plural კა̈̄კია̈რ)

1. (childish) cud, mastic, chewing-gum

   Synonyms: ნა̈̄შყი (nǟšq̇i), სკჷდჷლ (sḳədəl)

Further reading

• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 370, suggesting a reduplication of *კა̈̄უ̂-კი (*ḳǟû-ḳi), together with Georgian კევი (ḳevi, id.), Laz ონკორუ (onǩoru, “to ruminate”), Mingrelian ნკორუა (nḳorua) derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳew-; he's however unware that Georgian itself is borrowed from Armenian. Furthermore the Zan vocalism would be complicated.
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კა̈̄კი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 156a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კა̈̄კი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 751