თივა

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian თივა (tiva), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *tib- (grass). Cognates include Mingrelian თიფი (tipi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰiva/
  • Hyphenation: თი‧ვა

Noun

თივა (tiva) (plural თივები)

  1. hay

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *tib-.

Noun

თივა (tiva)

  1. hay, grass

Related terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: თივა (tiva)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 71
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 236
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 195
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თივა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 180