ყვლეფა

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Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *q̣w(l)ep-, *q̣w(l)ip-, *q̣w(l)p- (to scratch off; to strip off; to fade). Cognate with Laz ღლეპა (ğlep̌a) and Svan ყუეფ (q̇uep).

Ačaṙean derives from Armenian: compare Middle Armenian կլեպ (klep, bark; peel; rind; husk; shelld), կլեպել (klepel, to peel), Old Armenian կեղեւ (kełew, bark; peel; rind; husk; shell)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [χʼʷlepʰa]
  • Hyphenation: ყვლე‧ფა

Verbal noun

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ყვლეფა (q̇vlepa)

  1. verbal noun of ყვლეფს (q̇vleps)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 242
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 536
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեղեւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 569a