სა- -ო
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *lʿa- -o.
Circumfix edit
- Forms words that describe something, the purpose of which is related to the thing or concept named by the stem
- Forms future participles from verb roots
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- სა- -ე (sa- -e)
Descendants edit
- → Mingrelian: სა- -ო (sa- -o)
References edit
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 722
Mingrelian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Georgian სა- -ო (sa- -o). Doublet of ო- -ო (o- -o).
Circumfix edit
სა- -ო • (sa- -o)
- Forms words that describe something, the purpose of which is related to the thing or concept named by the stem
- ქორთუ (kortu, “Georgian”) + სა- -ო (sa- -o) → საქორთუო (sakortuo, “Georgia”)
- გინი (gini, “calf”) + სა- -ო (sa- -o) → საგინო (sagino, “calf shed, pen”)
- ბაღანა (baɣana, “child”) + სა- -ო (sa- -o) → საბაღანო (sabaɣano, “for children”)
- ლამუსი (lamusi, “conscience”) + სა- -ო (sa- -o) → სალამუსო (salamuso, “secret”)