ფშქველა
Laz
Alternative forms
- მშქველა (mškvela)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pšal-. Doublet of ფშალი (pšali).
Noun
ფშქველა • (pškvela) (plural ფშქველეფე)
- black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
- Synonym: თხომუ (txomu)
Further reading
- Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2020), “mşkvela”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 32
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ფშქველა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 195b
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ფშქველა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi