ნეზუ̂რა

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Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ნეზუ̂ (nezû) +‎ -რა (-ra, plant, tree designation), supposedly through umlaut and deaffrication from Proto-Kartvelian *naʒw-, however a borrowing from Georgian ნაძვი (naʒvi) undergoing the same processes is also possible.

The meaning of "pine female" developed due to the similar ნეზუ̂ (nezû, female (of livestock)).

Noun

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ნეზუ̂რა (nezûra) (plural ნეზუ̂რალ)

  1. spruce
  2. (botany) pine female
  3. spruce log, timber
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Further reading

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  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ნეზვრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 240b
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917) “ნეზჳრა”, 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 31b