ჰამო

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Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ჰამო (hamo), ultimately borrowed from Old Armenian. See Old Georgian for more.

Adjective

ჰამო • (hamo)

  1. sweet, pleasant, delightful, agreeable, likable, satisfying

Derived terms

References

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჰამო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2070
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჰამო”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 417a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჰამო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჰამო”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), genitive համոյ (hamoy), instrumental համով (hamov).[1][2]

Adjective

ჰამო • (hamo)

  1. delicious
  2. pleasant, delightful

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “համ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 17a
  2. ^ Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 7, number 1/2, page 192 of 191–194

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჰამო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 576
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ჰამო”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1601b
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 81
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