ქუ̂ით

Svan

Etymology

According to Topuria, borrowed from Mingrelian ქვირთუ (kvirtu). Akin to Georgian ქურდი (kurdi), see there for more.

Noun

ქუ̂ით • (kûit) (plural ქუ̂ითა̈რ or ქუ̂ითა̈ლ)

1. thief

   Synonyms: ქუ̂ითრა̈ჲ (kûiträy), ბაგუ̂ირ (bagûir)

Derived terms

• ლიქუ̂თერ (likûter)
• ქუ̂ითრა̈ჲ (kûiträy), ქუ̂ითრა̈ (kûiträ), ქუ̂ითრაჲ (kûitray)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ქვით”, 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 307a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ქვით”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 284b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ქურდი”, 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 194b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ქუ̂ით”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1770