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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian შთამო- (štamo-), equivalent to ჩა- (ča-) + მო- (mo-). According to Akaki Shanidze, it replaced the now obsolete preverb დამო- (damo-), Consisting of და- (da-) + მო- (mo-). However, both prefixes are very much alive and productive separately. This preverb only survives in fixed forms such as დამოკიდებული (damoḳidebuli), which in modern Georgian would be rendered as ჩამოკიდებული (čamoḳidebuli).
Pronunciation
Preverb
ჩამო- • (čamo-)
- Indicates the direction of the verb: from up to low and towards the speaker
- Derives perfective verbs from imperfective ones
- Makes the future tense from the present
Derived terms
See also
References
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჩამო-”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press