ცანაყო
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Mingrelian ცინყა (cinq̇a), Svan ცი̄ნყა (cīnq̇a). Compare also Mingrelian ციმუა (cimua).
The alternative form ცხანაკო (ʒxanaǩo) is seemingly contaminated with კაცხა (ǩaʒxa, “billberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).
Noun
[edit]ცანაყო • (ʒanaqo)
- Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos)
- Synonym: ანცერა (anʒera)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მაღალი მოცვი, კავკასიური მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ცანაყო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo