შონი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan-.

Noun

შონი • (šoni) (plural შონეფი)

1. Svan (person)

Derived terms

• შონური (šonuri)
• შონე (šone)

Descendants

• →⇒ Abkhaz: а-шәан-уа (a-ŝʷan-wa)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შონი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1662
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “შონი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 358a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “შონი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “შონი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN