სქური
Laz
Etymology
Cognate with Mingrelian სქური (skuri)
Noun
სქური • (skuri) (plural სქურეფე)
- ravine; mountain slope
- well (body of water)
Further reading
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “სქური”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*სქურ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 836
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- სკური (sḳuri)
Etymology
Cognate with Laz სქური (skuri).
Noun
სქური • (skuri) (plural სქურეფი)
- stream, river
- ravine, narrow gorge
Derived terms
- სქურია (skuria) / სკურია (sḳuria, “small brook, stream”)
- სქურჩა (skurča) / სკურჩა (sḳurča, hydronym name, literally “black stream, river”)
- სქურჩე (skurče) / სკურჩე (sḳurče, hydronym name, literally “white stream, river”)
Proper noun
- name of mineral water and its place of origin in Georgia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Tsalenjikha
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “სქური”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1351
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*სქურ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 836
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “სკურჩა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 319a, lists only სკურჩა (sḳurča) without the word its derived from
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “სქური”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “სქური”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN