ცურუ

Mingrelian

ცურუ

Alternative forms

• სურუ (suru), სვირო (sviro)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian სურო (suro), displaced the native term which can be extracted from the toponym სუჯუნა (← *სუჯუ-ონა) (suǯuna (← *suǯu-ona), literally “a place where lots of ivies grow”).

Noun

ცურუ • (curu) (plural ცურუეფი)

1. ivy (Hedera)

Derived terms

• ცურუამი ჯა (curuami ǯa, “tree covered in ivies”)
• გვერიში ცურუ (gveriši curu, “periwinkle (Vinca)”)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ცურუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1770
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ცურუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “სურო”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo