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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/kwa-
Proto-Kartvelian
Alternative reconstructions
- *kwal- (Čuxua)
Noun
*kwa- (Klimov, Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)
- stone
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ქვაჲ (kvay), ქუაჲ (kuay)
- Georgian: ქვა (kva)
- Zan:
- Laz: ქუა (kua), ქვა (kva)
- Mingrelian: ქუა (kua)
- Old Georgian: ქვაჲ (kvay), ქუაჲ (kuay)
- ⇒ Svan: ქუ̂ა̈ნ (kûän, “bare-rock, rocky place”)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*kwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 215–216
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*kwa-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 491
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003), “*kwal-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 258
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*kwa-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 463