ეჩვა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ერჩვა (erčva)

Etymology

From Georgian ეჩო (ečo). Displaced the native term which survives in Svan აცქუ̂ (ackû).

Noun

ეჩვა • (ečva) (plural ეჩვეფი)

1. adze

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ეჩვა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 534
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ეჩვა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 232b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ეჩვა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN