ბურვაკი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian ბურვაკი (burvaḳi). The origin is unknown, but possibly from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Lak буркӏ (burkʼ, boar) and Bats ბურუკ (buruḳ, piglet).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /burvakʼi/, [b̥uɾʷakʼi]
  • Hyphenation: ბურ‧ვა‧კი

Noun edit

ბურვაკი (burvaḳi) (plural ბურვაკები)

  1. piglet (three months to one year of age)

Inflection edit

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References edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბურვაკი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბურვაკი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 56
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*wHārƛ̣_wǝ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Климов, Г. А. (1971) “Кавказские этимологии (1—8) [Caucasian etymologies (1–8)]”, in Этимология[3] (in Russian), number 1968, Moscow: Nauka, pages 224–225