ჸვალმინთა
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ჸვალმითა (ʾvalmita), ჸვაიმითა (ʾvaimita), ჸვალიმითა (ʾvalimita), ჸვალიმინთა (ʾvaliminta)
Etymology
ჸვალი (ʾvali) + *მინთა (*minta)
Noun
ჸვალმინთა • (ʾvalminta) (plural ჸვალმინთეფი)
- mint (esp. Mentha longifolia)
- Synonym: პიტინე (ṗiṭine)
Derived terms
- დოლოშ ჸვალმინთა (dološ ʾvalminta, “corn mint (Mentha arvensis)”)
- კატუშ ჸვალმინთა (ḳaṭuš ʾvalminta, “catnip (Nepeta cataria)”)
- ტყაშ ჸვალმინთა (ṭq̇aš ʾvalminta, “penny-royal (Mentha pulegium); wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare)”), ტყარი ჸვალმინთა (ṭq̇ari ʾvalminta)
- წყარიშ ჸვალმინთა (c̣q̇ariš ʾvalminta, “water mint (Mentha aquatica)”), ღეჯიშ ჸვალმინთა (ɣeǯiš ʾvalminta)
Descendants
- → Abkhaz: а-ҟәылми́ҭа (a-q̇°əlmíta)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჸვალმინთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1613
- Kadshaia, Otar; Fähnrich, Heinz (2001), “ჸვალიმითა”, in Mingrelisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Kaukasienstudien; 3), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 436b
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “პიტინე”, 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 299a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 814
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჸვალმინთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ტყის პიტნა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ჸვალმინთა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN