Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/bun-

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

Adjective

*bun-

1. dark

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: ბინდი (bindi, “twilight”), ბუნდი (bundi, “dim, dark; twilight”), ბნელი (bneli, “dark, shady”)
• ⇒ Svan: ბჷნლე̄თ (bənlēt, “dark night”), ბჷნალე̄თ (bənalēt), ბჷნლეთ (bənlet), ბჷნალეთ (bənalet), ბუნალეთ (bunalet), ბუნალე̄თ (bunalēt)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 74
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 82