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Etymology

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Borrowed from Georgian სკა (sḳa).

Noun

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სკა (sḳa)

  1. beehive

Further reading

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  • Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “სკა”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 284

Georgian

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Middle Georgian სკა (sḳa). Akin to Mingrelian სკა (sḳa), Laz მცქა (mʒka). Further etymology is unknown. Sense of bee in dialects possibly developed from Mingrelian.

According to Androniḳašvili, from Old Armenian սկահ (skah, bowl).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skʼa/
  • Hyphenation: სკა

Noun

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სკა (sḳa) (plural სკები)

  1. beehive
    Synonym: როგო (rogo)
  2. (Imereti, Guria) bee
    Synonym: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Bats: სკა (sḳa)

Noun

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სკა (sḳa) (uncountable)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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  1. ^ Gamkrelidze, Thomas V., Mačavariani, Givi I. (1982) Winfried Boeder, transl., Sonantensystem und Ablaut in den Kartwelsprachen: Eine Typologie der Struktur des Gemeinkartwelischen (Ars Linguistica; 10) (in German), Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, page 115
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) “On Kartvelian saraǯ(a)- honeycomb”, in Winfried Boeder et al., editors, Sprache in Raum und Zeit: In memoriam Johannes Bechert[1], volume 2: Beiträge zur empirischen Sprachwissenschaft, Tübingen: Günter Narr Verlag, page 300, footnote 1 of 299–301
  3. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 248

Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სკა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

Etymology 2

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From English ska.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skʼa/
  • Hyphenation: სკა
  1. (music) ska music

Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Laz მცქა (mʒka), Georgian სკა (sḳa).

Noun

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სკა (sḳa) (plural სკალეფი)

  1. bee (insect)
  2. beehive, hive
    Synonyms: ოსქალე (oskale), ქოფე (kope), ბუკი (buḳi)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “სკა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1326