къӕпы
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- къӕпу (k’æpu) (Digor)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Related to Russian кефир (kefir).
Noun
къӕпы́ • (k’æpý)
- (Iron) kefir yeast
- (Iron) kefir
References
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “къæпы”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Абаев, В. И. (1958), “k’æpy | k’æpu”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 627