Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳunṭ-
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This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Georgian-Zan
[edit]Root
[edit]*ḳunṭ-
- to shorten
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Georgian: დაკუნტვა (daḳunṭva, “to crouch, duck, squat, bend down”), მოკუნტვა (moḳunṭva, “to curl up”)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: კუნდურა (ǩundura, “February ← *short month”), კუნტურა (ǩunťura)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: კუნტა (ḳunṭa, “short”), დაკუნტორება (daḳunṭoreba, “to shorten”)
References
[edit]- Abašia, Revaz (1998) “Masalebi kartvelur enata leksiḳis isṭoriidan III [From the Common-Kartvelian Vocabulary III]”, in Kartveluri memḳvidreoba (in Georgian), volume II, Kutaisi, page 7 of 7–11
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 296
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 258
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 808