ქაბლა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

ქაულა (kaula), ქაბულა (kabula), ქაბჷლა (kabəla)

Etymology

Has been compared to Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, itself of uncertain origins.^[1]

Since the presence of Germans that far east should be met with hesitation, one may rather consider a relation with Akkadian 𒆏𒋢 (kabsu, “young male sheep”), Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “wether”).

These terms represent inter-Semitic and ultimately foreign borrowings: the final consonant of Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kéḇeś, “sheep”), Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”) and Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “ram, bellwether”) shows irregular correspondence. This final consonant may be reconstructed as Proto-West Semitic *ś (/⁠ɬ⁠/), the historic pronunciation of which was /ɬ/. In the Mingrelian word, Mingrelian ლ (l) may go back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ, whose pronunciation was identical to this Proto-West Semitic consonant - contrast Svan შ (š), also going back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ.

Noun

ქაბლა • (kabla) (plural ქაბლეფი)

heifer, calf

Descendants

→ Abkhaz: ақабла (akabla)

References

^ Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 261–262
Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქაბლა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1496
Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 38
Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქაბლა”, 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 341a
Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქაბლა”, 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
Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქაბულა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

[1] Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197

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