ცანაყო
Laz
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAkin to Mingrelian ცინყა (cinq̇a), Svan ცი̄ნყა (cīnq̇a). Compare also Mingrelian ციმუა (cimua).
The alternative form ცხანაკო (ʒxanaǩo) is seemingly contaminated with კაცხა (ǩaʒxa, “billberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).
Noun
editცანაყო • (ʒanaqo)
- Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos)
- Synonym: ანცერა (anʒera)
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editFurther reading
edit- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მაღალი მოცვი, კავკასიური მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ცანაყო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo