Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ყბაჲ (q̇bay), from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇ab-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qʼba/, [χʼba]
  • Hyphenation: ყბა

Noun

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ყბა (q̇ba) (plural ყბები)

  1. jaw, jowl
  2. (Khevsureti) beard

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1984) Kartuli ḳiloebi mtaši [Georgian Mountain Dialects] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 428a