წყაუ̂

Svan

Alternative forms

• წყეუ̂ (c̣q̇eû) — Upper Svan
• წყიუ̂ (c̣q̇iû) — Kodori

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Georgian წყავი (c̣q̇avi) or inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

წყაუ̂ • (c̣q̇aû) (plural წყაუ̂არ) (Lashkh)

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
2. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Further reading

• Čanṭlaʒe, Iza, Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Margiani-Dadvani, Ketevan, Margiani-Subari, Ketevan, Ioseliani, Rusudan (2020) Merab Čuxua, Rusudan Zekalašvili, editors, Ḳodoruli svanuri [Kodori Svan]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi-Jena, →ISBN, page 562
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წყაუ̂”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წყაუ̂”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1920