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Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *q̣w(l)ep-, *q̣w(l)ip-, *q̣w(l)p- (“to scratch off; to strip off; to fade”). Cognate with Laz ღლეპა (ğlep̌a) and Svan ყუეფ (q̇uep).
Ačaṙean derives from Armenian: compare Middle Armenian կլեպ (klep, “bark; peel; rind; husk; shelld”), կլեպել (klepel, “to peel”), Old Armenian կեղեւ (kełew, “bark; peel; rind; husk; shell”)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ყვლე‧ფა
Verbal noun
ყვლეფა • (q̇vlepa)
- verbal noun of ყვლეფს (q̇vleps)
Derived terms
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 242
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 536
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեղեւ”, 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 569a