ღვიძება

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wiʒ₁ (“to raise, wake, be awake”); compare Mingrelian ყვიჟ- (q̇viž-) and Svan ყვიჟ- (q̇viž-).

Verb

ღვიძება • (ɣviʒeba)

1. to wake up

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 241