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Etymology
An Armenian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian կիւ (kiw), Armenian կիվ (kiv).
Noun
კივ (ḳiv)
- tree pitch of pine or hackberry used as a chewing gum
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 597a
- Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 118a
- Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “კივ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 26