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Svan
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaṗ- (“stick; pole”).
Noun
კა̈პ • (ḳäṗ) (plural კაპა̈რ)
- pole, column, pillar
- support
- a kind of stick for stretching hides, pelts
- bifurcated (tree branch, tree)
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კა̈პ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 749
- Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “კაპი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 128a, glossed as Georgian კაპი (ḳaṗi), however the Russian translation rather implies Georgian ორკაპა (orḳaṗa, “bifurcated (of tree branches, trees)”)