ლორტუკი
Georgian
Alternative forms
- ლორთუკი (lortuḳi)
Etymology
From Armenian լորտուկ (lortuk), լորտու (lortu). The ghost form ღორტუკი (ɣorṭuḳi) first found in Čubinov 1887 and thence copied into other dictionaries is a misspelling of ლორტუკი (lorṭuḳi).[1]
Noun
ლორტუკი • (lorṭuḳi)
- (dated) nonvenomous snake, probably the grass snake (Natrix natrix)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “լորտու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 299a
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლორტუკი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
- Čubinov, David (1887), “ლორტუკი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 653
- Čubinov, David (1887), “ღორტუკი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1365
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), “ლირტუკი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 332a, probably a misprint of ლორტუკი (lorṭuḳi)
- Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997), “ლორთული”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 142, the online version misspelling as ლორთული (lortuli)
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ლორტუკი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press, glossing as glass snake but probably meaning grass snake
- Tschenkéli, Kita (1960–1974), “ლორტუკი”, in Georgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, appeared in 26 fascicles, since fascicle 8 edited by Yolanda Marchev, Zürich: Amirani-Verlag, page 690b, glossing as Natter