Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṭlap-

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Proto-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic. Compare the synonymous *lap-.

Noun

*ṭlap-

  1. mud
    Synonym: *lap-

Descendants

  • Georgian: ტლაპო (ṭlaṗo), ტლაპი (ṭlaṗi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ტოლოფი (ťolopi)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტოლოფა (ṭolopa, “bog, marsh”, toponym in Senaḳi, literally “mudded (place)”)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 190
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 405―406
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 838
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