ჸვალმინთა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჸვალმითა (ʾvalmita), ჸვაიმითა (ʾvaimita), ჸვალიმითა (ʾvalimita), ჸვალიმინთა (ʾvaliminta)

Etymology

ჸვალი (ʾvali) +‎ *მინთა (*minta)

Noun

ჸვალმინთა • (ʾvalminta) (plural ჸვალმინთეფი)

1. mint, esp. horse mint (Mentha longifolia)

   Synonym: პიტინე (ṗiṭine)

Derived terms

• დოლოშ ჸვალმინთა (dološ ʾvalminta, “corn mint (Mentha arvensis)”)
• კატუშ ჸვალმინთა (ḳaṭuš ʾvalminta, “catnip (Nepeta cataria)”)
• ტყაშ ჸვალმინთა (ṭq̇aš ʾvalminta, “pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium); wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare)”), ტყარი ჸვალმინთა (ṭq̇ari ʾvalminta)
• წყარიშ ჸვალმინთა (c̣q̇ariš ʾvalminta, “water mint (Mentha aquatica)”), ღეჯიშ ჸვალმინთა (ɣeǯiš ʾvalminta)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-ҟәылми́ҭа (a-qʷʼəlmíta)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჸვალმინთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1613
• Kadshaia, Otar, Fähnrich, Heinz (2001) “ჸვალიმითა”, in Mingrelisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Kaukasienstudien; 3), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 436b
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “პიტინე”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 299a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 814
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჸვალმინთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტყის პიტნა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჸვალმინთა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN