მოთა
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *martw- (“young one”). See Georgian მართვე (martve) for more.
Noun
მოთა • (mota) (plural მოთალეფი (motalepi))
- grandchild
Descendants
- → Abkhaz: амоҭа (āmotā)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) , “მოთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 911