ჩქიფი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- რჩქიფი (rčkipi)
- რჩიფი (rčipi)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁kip- (“broken branch”).
Noun
ჩქიფი • (čkipi)
- fork
Descendants
- → Abkhaz: ачқьы́ҧ (ač̍k̍ə́ҧ)
- → Georgian: ჩქიფი (čkipi)
- → Svan: ჩქიფ (čkip)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 274
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) , “ჩქიფი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1731