ქაბლა

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Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Has been compared to Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, itself of uncertain origins.

Since the presence of Germans that far east should be met with hesitation, one may rather consider a relation with Akkadian 𒆏𒋢 (kabsu, “young male sheep”), Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā, “wether”).

These terms represent inter-Semitic and ultimately foreign borrowings: the final consonant of Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kéḇeś, “sheep”), Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”) and Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “ram, bellwether”) shows irregular correspondence. This final consonant may be reconstructed as Proto-West Semitic *ś (/⁠ɬ⁠/), the historic pronunciation of which was /ɬ/. In the Mingrelian word, Mingrelian ლ (l) may go back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ, whose pronunciation was identical to this Proto-West Semitic consonant - contrast Svan შ (š), also going back to Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ.

Noun

ქაბლა • (kabla) (plural ქაბლეფი)

  1. heifer, calf

Descendants

  • → Abkhaz: ақабла (akabla)

References

  1. ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197

Further reading

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 261–262
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქაბლა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1496
  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 38
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქაბლა”, 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 341a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქაბლა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქაბულა”, 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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