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Svan
Etymology
According to Topuria, borrowed from Mingrelian ქვირთუ (kvirtu).[1] Akin to Georgian ქურდი (kurdi), see there for more.
Noun
ქუ̂ით • (kûit) (plural ქუ̂ითა̈რ or ქუ̂ითა̈ლ)
- thief
- Synonyms: ქუ̂ითრა̈ჲ (kûiträy), ბაგუ̂ირ (bagûir)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I [Phonetic observations in Kartvelian languages I]”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, page 200 of 198–219
Further reading
- Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ქვით”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 307a
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ქვით”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 284b
- Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ქურდი”, 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 194b
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ქუ̂ით”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1770