Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ეკალი (eḳali). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ekʼali/
  • Hyphenation: ეკა‧ლი

Noun

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ეკალი (eḳali) (plural ეკლები)

  1. bur, prickle, sticker, thorn

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ? Svan: ჰოკერ (hoḳer, base, bottom, end), უ̂ოკერ (ûoḳer)
  • Mingrelian: ლეკალი (leḳali)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ლეკალი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 327a

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ეკალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 146b
  • Иллич-Свитыч, В. М. (1971) “*Hoḳi”, in В. А. Дыбо, editor, Опыт сравнения ностратических языков [Comparative Dictionary of Nostratic Languages]‎[3], Moscow: Nauka, § 113, page 252, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *hweḳ- (sharp end) and connects it with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp)
  • Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, page 22, connects with Hesychian ἔκταλος (éktalos, ἀκάνθης εἶδος)