კუ̂ახნესგ

Svan

Alternative forms

• კუ̂ახნეშგ (ḳûaxnešg), კუ̂ახნეშ (ḳûaxneš), კუ̂ახნესუ̂ (ḳûaxnesû), კუ̂ახნეს (ḳûaxnes)

Etymology

From Georgian კვახი (ḳvaxi, “pumpkin”) +‎ *ნესგ (*nesg). For the second part compare Georgian ნესვი (nesvi).

Noun

კუ̂ახნესგ • (ḳûaxnesg) (plural კუ̂ახნესგა̈რ)

1. pumpkin (Cucurbita)

   Synonym: კოპეშია (ḳoṗešia)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “კვახნესვ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 134a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კვახნეს”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 160b
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “გოგრა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “კვახი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 129b
• Oniani, Arsen (1917) “კჳახნესჳ”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 11a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კუ̂ახნესგ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 767