სქური

Laz

Etymology

Cognate with Mingrelian სქური (skuri)

Noun

სქური • (skuri) (plural სქურეფე)

1. ravine; mountain slope
2. well (body of water)

Further reading

• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “სქური”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*სქურ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 836

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• სკური (sḳuri)

Etymology

Cognate with Laz სქური (skuri).

Noun

სქური • (skuri) (plural სქურეფი)

1. stream, river
2. ravine, narrow gorge

Derived terms

• სქურია (skuria) / სკურია (sḳuria, “small brook, stream”)
• სქურჩა (skurča) / სკურჩა (sḳurča, hydronym name, literally “black stream, river”)
• სქურჩე (skurče) / სკურჩე (sḳurče, hydronym name, literally “white stream, river”)

Proper noun

სქური • (skuri)

1. name of mineral water and its place of origin in Georgia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Tsalenjikha

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “სქური”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1351
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*სქურ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 836
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “სკურჩა”, 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)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 319a, lists only სკურჩა (sḳurča) without the word its derived from
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “სქური”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “სქური”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN