ჭაბუ

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-o-.

The second meaning is akin to Svan ჭა̈ბ (č̣äb, id.), ჭა̈ბრ (č̣äbr).

Noun

ჭაბუ (ç̌abu)

  1. glue
  2. European mistletoe (Viscum album)
    Synonyms: ოჭაბულე (oç̌abule), ფურჩი (purçi), ბურუჯი (buruci), მცხული კაკა (mʒxuli ǩaǩa)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 40
  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “ç̌abu”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 16
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 391
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ფითრი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 726, derives the second sense from Proto-Kartvelian *Leb-, whence also Svan ჰებ-რა (heb-ra, cherry), however he describes the difference in meanings to be problematic

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-o-.

Noun

ჭაბუ (č̣abu)

  1. glue

References

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭაბუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1877
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 391