შინკა
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Mingrelian
Etymology
Akin to Laz შუკა (şuǩa, “cucumber, melon”) and possibly Ancient Greek σικύα (sikúa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
შინკა • (šinḳa) (plural შინკეფი)
Descendants
References
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შინკა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1657
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “შინკა”, 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 357b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “შინკა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ნესვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo