წყეი

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Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Either borrowed from Georgian წყავი (c̣q̇avi), in which case this word is a doublet of წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), or inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

წყეი (c̣q̇ei) (plural წყეეფი)

  1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “წყეი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1871
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წყეი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo