ციცინათელა

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Georgian

Etymology

An old compound where the first element goes back to Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁ic₁- (small insect, moth) (akin to Mingrelian ჩიჩი (čiči), ჩინჩი (činči) and Laz ჩიჩი (çiçi)), while the second part reflects Georgian ნათელი (nateli, light).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sit͡sinatʰela/,
  • Hyphenation: ცი‧ცი‧ნა‧თე‧ლა

Noun

ციცინათელა (cicinatela) (plural ციცინათელები)

  1. firefly, glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

Inflection

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References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 272.