შქიშქილა

შქიშქილა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• შქჷშქჷლა (škəškəla), შიშქილა (šiškila)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *šuš-. Cognate with Georgian შუშა (šuša, “slender; young, tender”).[1][2]

Adjective

შქიშქილა • (škiškila)

1. young, tender, fresh

Noun

შქიშქილა • (škiškila)

1. a kind of garlic

Related terms

• შქიშქილი (škiškili, “fresh grass, sprout”)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “შქიშქილა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1680
• Kobalia, Alio (2010), “შქიშქილა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

References

1. Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 311
2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 536