ყვლეფა

Georgian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wlep- ~ *q̇wlip-.

Pronunciation

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

Verbal noun

ყვლეფა • (q̇vlepa)

1. verbal noun of ყვლეფს (q̇vleps)

Descendants

• → Bats: ყვლეფა (q̇vlepa)
• → Svan: ყუ̂ლა̈ფ (q̇ûläp)

Further reading

• 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, derives from a group of Armenian words which he believes are all related and derive ultimately from Syriac, among which Middle Armenian կլեպ (klep, “bark; peel; rind; husk; shelld”), կլեպել (klepel, “to peel”), Old Armenian կեղև (kełew, “bark; peel; rind; husk; shell”)