Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳunṭ-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

*ḳunṭ-

1. to shorten

• ⇒ Georgian: დაკუნტვა (daḳunṭva, “to crouch, duck, squat, bend down”), მოკუნტვა (moḳunṭva, “to curl up”)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: კუნდურა (ǩundura, “February ← *short month”), კუნტურა (ǩunťura)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: კუნტა (ḳunṭa, “short”), დაკუნტორება (daḳunṭoreba, “to shorten”)

• Abašia, Revaz (1998) “Masalebi kartvelur enata leksiḳis isṭoriidan III [From the Common-Kartvelian Vocabulary III]”, in Kartveluri memḳvidreoba (in Georgian), volume II, Kutaisi, page 7 of 7–11
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 296
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 258
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 808