Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/bɣaw-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Root

*bɣaw-

to yell, low, moo

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ბღავილი (bɣavili), ბღავის (bɣavis)
- Zan:
  - ⇒? Laz: ბღორინი (bğorini), ომღორუ (omğoru)
    - → Georgian: ბღორინი (bɣorini) — Adjara, Chveneburi, Guria, Imereti
⇒ Svan: ლიბღუ̄ლი (libɣūli)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 22
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 127
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 88–89
Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 244 of 227–250