ტოფუ

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ტოფჷ (ṭopə), ტოფი (ṭopi)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭap-el-.

Noun

ტოფუ • (ṭopu) (plural ტოფუეფი)

1. nase (Chondrostoma spp. esp. Chondrostoma colchicum, Chondrostoma cyri)

Derived terms

• ონტოფუ (onṭopu, toponym name, literally “place of spawning (of fish)”), ოტოფა (oṭopa), ონტოფა (onṭopa) ონტოფო (onṭopo)
• ტოფუა (ṭopua, “spawning (of fish)”)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-тоԥ (a-tʼop, “schneider (Alburnoides bipunctatus)”) (dialectal)
• → Georgian: ტობი (ṭobi, “nase”)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ტოფუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1382
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ტოფი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 330a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ტოფუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN