წყეი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• წყი (c̣q̇i), წყივი (c̣q̇ivi), წყოვი (c̣q̇ovi), წყოი (c̣q̇oi)

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Georgian წყავი (c̣q̇avi), in which case this word is a doublet of წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), or inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

წყეი • (c̣q̇ei) (plural წყეეფი)

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “წყეი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1871
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წყეი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo