Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ეშვი (ešvi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ešw- (wild boar, pig). Cognate with Mingrelian ოსქუ (osku, pigsty).

Possibly Georgian იშელი (išeli, pigsty) also belongs to this word family.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eʃvi/, [eʃʷi]
  • Hyphenation: ეშ‧ვი

Noun edit

ეშვი (ešvi) (plural ეშვები)

  1. fang
  2. canine, canine tooth

Inflection edit

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References edit

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 113–114
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 152

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ešw- (wild boar, pig). Cognate with Mingrelian ოსქუ (osku, pigsty).

Noun edit

ეშვი (ešvi)

  1. wild boar

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ეშვი (ešvi)

References edit

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 113–114
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 152