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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ჴმელი (qmeli, “dry, withered; (dry) land”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qm-el- (“dry; dry land”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qem- ~ *qm- (“to dry, to wither”). Cognate with Mingrelian ხომილა (xomila), ხომლა (xomla) and Laz ხომულა (xomula). Old Armenian խամրիմ (xamrim, “to wither”) is considered a Kartvelian borrowing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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ხმელი (xmeli)
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| ergative
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ხმელმა (xmelma)
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| dative, adverbial
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ხმელ (xmel)
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| vocative
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ხმელო (xmelo)
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ხმელი • (xmeli) (comparative უფრო ხმელი, superlative ყველაზე ხმელი)
- dry, arid
- dried (food, plants, wood, etc.)
- withered
- (colloquial) feeble, thin
- (dated, poetic) land
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References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხმელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 569
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 339