ცი

ცი

Mingrelian

ცი

Alternative forms

• ცჷ (cə)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ca(j)-. Cognate with Svan ცა̈̄ჲ-რა (cǟy-ra, “elm”).[1][2]

Noun

ცი • (ci) (plural ციეფი)

1. elm

   Synonym: თელა (tela)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ცი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1758
• Кипшидзе, И. (1914), “ცჷ”, 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 373b
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “თელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo

References

1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262
2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553