ჭაბუ

Laz

Alternative forms

• მჭაბუ (mç̌abu) — Khopa

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-o-.

The second meaning is akin to Svan ჭა̈ბ (č̣äb, id.), ჭა̈ბრ (č̣äbr).

Noun

ჭაბუ • (ç̌abu)

1. glue
2. European mistletoe (Viscum album)

   Synonyms: ოჭაბულე (oç̌abule), ფურჩი (purçi), ბურუჯი (buruci), მცხული კაკა (mʒxuli ǩaǩa)

Derived terms

• ოჭაბულე (oç̌abule)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 40
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “ç̌abu”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 16
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 391
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ფითრი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 726, derives the second sense from Proto-Kartvelian *Leb-, whence also Svan ჰებ-რა (heb-ra, “cherry”), however he describes the difference in meanings to be problematic

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-o-.

Noun

ჭაბუ • (č̣abu)

1. glue

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭაბუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1877
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 391