წიფური

Laz

Alternative forms

• წიფრი (ǯipri), წიფრა (ǯipra), ციფრი (ʒipri)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣ip-.

Noun

წიფური • (ǯipuri) (plural წიფურეფე)

1. beech

Derived terms

• მანწიფურე (manǯipure, “squirrel”)

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 154
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 874
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წიფელი, წიფელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Marr, N. (1910) “წიფური”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წიფური”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣ip-.

Noun

წიფური • (c̣ipuri) (plural წიფურეფი)

1. beech

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “წიფური”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1842
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “წიფური”, 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)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 379b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 874
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “წიფური”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წიფელი, წიფელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo