Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṭlap-

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

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic. Compare the synonymous *lap-.

Noun

*ṭlap-

mud
Synonym: *lap-

Descendants

Georgian: ტლაპო (ṭlaṗo), ტლაპი (ṭlaṗi)
Zan:
- Laz: ტოლოფი (ťolopi)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ტოლოფა (ṭolopa, “bog, marsh”, toponym in Senaḳi, literally “mudded (place)”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 190
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 405―406
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 838