იფ
Georgian edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
იფ • (ip)
- expression of delight, most often in response to something delicious or beautiful
Usage notes edit
For emphasis, the vowel can be reduplicated, as in იიიფ (iiip); the consonant can be reduplicated, as in იფფფ (ippp) (indicating a pronunciation with /f/); or the entire interjection can be repeated, as in იფ იფ იფ (ip ip ip).
Svan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kartvelian *ip-. Doublet of იფნა (ipna).
Noun edit
იფ • (ip)
References edit
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “იფანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo