ჟვაბუ

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Mingrelian

Etymology

Akin to Laz მჟვაბუ (mjvabu). Similarity with Russian жа́ба (žába) is likely accidental.

Noun

ჟვაბუ • (žvabu) (plural ჟვაბუეფი)

  1. toad

See also

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჟვაბუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1199
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჟვაბუ”, 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 300a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 830, compares Georgian ზორბა (zorba)
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჟვაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Klimov, G. A. (1989) “Индоевропейское *gʷeb(h)u- 'жаба' ~ картвельское ǯvabu- [Indo-European *gʷeb(h)u- "toad" ~ Kartvelian ǯvabu-]”, in Этимология‎, numbers 1986–1987, Moscow, pages 227–229
  • Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 110–112
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჟვაბუ”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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