Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian გემოჲ (gemoy), ultimately borrowed from a Proto-Indo-European source. See Old Georgian for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡemo/, [ɡ̊emo]
  • Hyphenation: გე‧მო

Noun edit

გემო (gemo) (uncountable)

  1. palate, taste

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bezhta: гемо (gemo)
  • Hinukh: гемо (gemo)
  • Hunzib: гимо (gimo)
  • Tsez: гимо (gimo)

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “გემო”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

Mingrelian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian გემოჲ (gemoy), ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun edit

გემო (gemo)

  1. palate, taste

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “გემო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 182
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914), “გემო”, 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) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 214a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010), “გემო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN