ქაბლა
Mingrelian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Has been compared to Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, itself of uncertain origins.[1]
Since the presence of Germans that far east should be met with hesitation, one may rather consider a relation with Akkadian 𒆏𒋢 (kabsu, “young male sheep”), Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “wether”).
These terms represent inter-Semitic and ultimately foreign borrowings: the final consonant of Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kéḇeś, “sheep”), Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”) and Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “ram, bellwether”) shows irregular correspondence. This final consonant may be reconstructed as Proto-West Semitic *ś (/ɬ/), the historic pronunciation of which was /ɬ/. In the Mingrelian word, Mingrelian ლ (l) may go back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ, whose pronunciation was identical to this Proto-West Semitic consonant - contrast Svan შ (š), also going back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ.
Noun edit
ქაბლა • (kabla) (plural ქაბლეფი)
Descendants edit
- → Abkhaz: ақабла (akabla)
References edit
- ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197
Further reading edit
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 261–262
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქაბლა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1496
- Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 38
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქაბლა”, 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 341a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქაბლა”, 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
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქაბულა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN