ყლაუ̂
Svan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Klimov, from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇le (“penis”).[1] Čuxua together with dialectal Georgian ღლავი (ɣlavi, “young boy”) derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣlaw-; for the word-initial Svan ყ (q̇) ~ Georgian ღ (ɣ) correspondence, compare Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wiz₁-, *q̇welp-.[2]
Noun
[edit]ყლაუ̂ • (q̇laû) (plural ყლაუ̂ა̈რ)
References
[edit]- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 243–244
- ^ Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 110–111
Further reading
[edit]- Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ყლავ”, 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 327b
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ყლავ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 299b