Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇wlep-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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.

*q̇wlep- ~ *q̇wlip-

1. to peel away, strip off, pluck

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ყვლეფ-ა (q̇vlep-a), ყვლეფ-ს (q̇vlep-s), გა-ყვლიფ-ა (ga-q̇vlip-a)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a), ჸულიფ-უნ-ს (ʾulip-un-s), ყურიფ-უ-ა (q̇urip-u-a), ყურიფ-უნ-ს (q̇urip-un-s)
• Svan: ქა-ლი-ყუ̂ფ-ე (ka-li-q̇ûp-e), ხ-ა-ყუ̂ფ-ე (x-a-q̇ûp-e), ა-ხ-ყუ̂იფ (a-x-q̇ûip)

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 201, unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*q̇w(l)ep- : q̇w(l)ip- : q̇w(l)p-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 242, unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ყუ̂ელ-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 536, connects with Svan ყუ̂ილე (q̇ûile, “ divides, separates smth”), which is at the same time on page 527 derived from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇aw-; unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*q̇wil-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 516, now no longer links with the rest of Svan material and reconstructs *q̇wil- on the basis of Georgian and the aforementioned Svan word, which on page 504 is still considered as a derivation Proto-Kartvelian *q̇aw-; unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)