ყლაუ̂

Svan

Etymology

According to Klimov, from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇le (“penis”).[1] Čuxua together with dialectal Georgian ღლავი (ɣlavi, “young boy”) derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣlaw-; for the word-initial Svan ყ (q̇) ~ Georgian ღ (ɣ) correspondence, compare Svan ყუ̂იჟე (q̇ûiže) ~ Georgian ღვიძლი (ɣviʒli).[2]

Noun

ყლაუ̂ • (q̇laû) (plural ყლაუ̂ა̈რ)

  1. boy
  2. baby, child

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 243–244
  2. Čuxua, Merab (2018), “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 110–111

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “ყლავ”, in Svansko-gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ (Lašxskij dialekt) [Svan-Georgian-Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologičeskaja biblioteka; 6), Revised and prepared for publication by Oniani A., Tbilisi: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, page 327b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ყლავ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 299b
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