გუბ

Bats

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡub/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Georgian გუბე (gube, “puddle”). It seems that it is worth assuming a borrowing from modern Georgian, since there is no such wordform in the sources of the 19th century.

Noun

გუბ (gub) class bd

1. puddle
2. lake

References

• Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “გუბ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 42

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *gub.

Noun

გუბ (gub) class bd

1. island

References

• Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 123

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡub/, [ɡ̊upʰ]

Noun

გუბ • (gub)

1. Ingilo form of გუბე (gube)

References

• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 314, page 127
• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 347, page 138