კა̈̄კი
Svan
editAlternative forms
edit- კა̄კი (ḳāḳi)
Noun
editკა̈̄კი • (ḳǟḳi) (plural კა̈̄კია̈რ)
Further reading
edit- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 370, suggesting a reduplication of *კა̈̄უ̂-კი (*ḳǟû-ḳi), together with Georgian კევი (ḳevi, id.), Laz ონკორუ (onǩoru, “to ruminate”), Mingrelian ნკორუა (nḳorua) derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳew-; he's however unware that Georgian itself is borrowed from Armenian. Furthermore the Zan vocalism would be complicated.
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კა̈̄კი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 156a
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კა̈̄კი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 751