სვია

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Georgian

სვია

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svia/,
  • Hyphenation: სვია

Etymology 1

Compare Mingrelian ზვუია (zvuia).

Alternative forms

Noun

სვია (svia) (plural სვიები)

  1. hop (Humulus lupulus)
    Synonyms: გარმაშო (garmašo), ფშალა (pšala)
Inflection
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Descendants
  • Bats: სვე (sve)
  • ? Mingrelian: ზვუია (zvuia)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სვია1”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “სვე”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 102a
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “სოი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 109a
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “სვია”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სვია”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 315a
სვია

Etymology 2

Noun

სვია (svia) (plural სვიები)

  1. beluga (sturgeon)
    Hypernym: ზუთხი (zutxi)
Inflection
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Descendants

Further reading

  • Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 356, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *sem-ia (beluga) based on Mingrelian შამაია (šamaia)
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სვია2”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სვია”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 315a