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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Georgian გუბე (gube, “puddle”). It seems that it is worth assuming a borrowing from modern Georgian, since there is no such wordform in the sources of the 19th century.
Noun
გუბ (gub) class bd
- puddle
- lake
References
- Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “გუბ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 42
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *gub.
Noun
გუბ (gub) class bd
- island
References
- Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 123
Georgian
Pronunciation
Noun
გუბ • (gub)
- Ingilo form of გუბე (gube)
References
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 314, page 127
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 347, page 138