ჩქიფი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• რჩქიფი (rčkipi)
• რჩიფი (rčipi)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁kip- (“broken branch”).

Noun

ჩქიფი • (čkipi)

1. fork

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: ачқьы́ҧ (ačkʲə́p)
• → Georgian: ჩქიფი (čkipi)
• → Svan: ჩქიფ (čkip)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 274
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჩქიფი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1731