ჰამო
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ამო (amo)
Etymology
From Old Georgian ჰამო (hamo), ultimately borrowed from Old Armenian. See Old Georgian for more.
Adjective
ჰამო • (hamo)
- sweet, pleasant, delightful, agreeable, likable, satisfying
Derived terms
- ჰამას (hamas)
- ჰამება (hameba)
- ჰამენს (hamens)
- ჰამაას (hamaas)
- მაჰამა (mahama)
- უჰამაში (uhamaši)
- ჰამო ნინა (hamo nina)
- ჰამო რინა (hamo rina)
- ჰამაჸოროფიანო (hamaʾoropiano)
- ჰამო ნინაშ მენდული (hamo ninaš menduli)
References
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჰამო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2070
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჰამო”, 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 417a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჰამო”, 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), “ჰამო”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
Old Georgian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), genitive համոյ (hamoy), instrumental համով (hamov).[1][2]
Adjective
ჰამო • (hamo)
- delicious
- pleasant, delightful
Derived terms
- სულამოჲ (sulamoy)
- სიჰამეჲ (sihamey)
- სიჰამოეჲ (sihamoey)
- სულჰამოჲ (sulhamoy)
- ვმაჰამოდ (vmahamod)
- უჰამოვნესი (uhamovnesi)
- სიჰამოვნეჲ (sihamovney)
- მაჰამებელი (mahamebeli)
- ჰამოვნებაჲ (hamovnebay)
- საჰამოვნეგელად (sahamovnegelad)
Descendants
- ⇒ Georgian: საამო (saamo), საამური (saamuri), სიამოვნება (siamovneba)
- → Mingrelian: ჰამო (hamo)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “համ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 17a
- Djahukian, Gevorg (2003), “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 7, issue 1/2, page 192 of 191–194
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ჰამო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 576
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ჰამო”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1601b