ჸვანა
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ჸონა (ʾona)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇an-.
Noun
ჸვანა • (ʾvana) (plural ჸვანეფი)
- cornfield
- earth, ground, land
Derived terms
- მეჸვანე (meʾvane)
- ნაჸვანუ (naʾvanu)
- ჸვანალა (ʾvanala)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჸვანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1613–1614
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჸონა”, 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 420a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*ჸონა”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 859
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჸვანა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN