Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tapl-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Noun

*tapl-

honey

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: თაფლი (tapli)
  - Georgian: თაფლი (tapli)
- Zan:
  - Laz: თოფრი (topri), თოფური (topuri), თოფუი (topui)
  - Mingrelian: თოფური (topuri)
Svan: თუ (tu), თუ̈ (tü), თუ̂ი (tûi)

References

Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 128
Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956), “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), issue 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 67
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 189