Georgian edit

Etymology edit

By umlauting the earlier form *კოფ- (*ḳop-), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳop-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʼepʰa/
  • Hyphenation: კე‧ფა

Noun edit

კეფა (ḳepa) (plural კეფები)

  1. occiput (back of the head)
  2. nape (of the neck)

Inflection edit

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Further reading edit

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