Mingrelian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ჰამო (hamo), ultimately borrowed from Old Armenian. See Old Georgian for more.

Adjective edit

ჰამო (hamo)

  1. sweet, pleasant, delightful, agreeable, likable, satisfying

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჰამო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2070
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჰამო”, 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 417a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჰამო”, 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) “ჰამო”, 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

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian համ (ham, taste), genitive համոյ (hamoy), instrumental համով (hamov).[1][2]

Adjective edit

ჰამო (hamo)

  1. delicious
  2. pleasant, delightful

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 17a
  2. ^ Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 7, number 1/2, page 192 of 191–194

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