Georgian edit

 
ზვავი

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian ზვავი (zvavi), from Proto-Kartvelian *z₁wa(w)-.

The word in the senses of "avalanche" or "pile, mountain (of items)" is not attested in Old Georgian texts.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zvavi/, [zʷavi]
  • Hyphenation: ზვა‧ვი

Noun edit

ზვავი (zvavi) (plural ზვავები)

  1. avalanche, billow

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Laz: შვაი (şvai)
  • Mingrelian: შვე (šve)

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ზვავი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შვავი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ზოვი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 233b
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “შვავი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[2] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 247a
  • ზუა”, in Pereidnuli leksiḳoni [Fereydanian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
  • შვავი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎[4] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014