ნა̈ბუზ
Svan
Alternative forms
- ნა̈ბოზ (näboz), ნებოზ (neboz)
Etymology
From ნა- (na-) + ბა̄ზი (bāzi). Further origin unknown. The similarity with Proto-Nakh *bujsa (“night”) is most likely accidental.
Noun
ნა̈ბუზ • (näbuz) (plural ნა̈ბზუ̂ა̈რ)
- evening
References
- Topuria, Varlam (1938), “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan: ne-, ni-, na- ṗrepiksebisatvis”, in Ṭpilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi (in Georgian), volume VII, Tiflis, page 92 of 83–92
Further reading
- Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 239a
- Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940), “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volume V–VI, Tbilisi, page 594 of 575–632
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 240a
- Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “საღამო”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Universal, page 174b
- Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1398