ზვავი

Georgian

ზვავი

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ზვავი (zvavi), from Proto-Kartvelian *z₁wa(w)-.

The word in the senses of "avalanche" or "pile, mountain (of items)" is not attested in Old Georgian texts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zvavi/
  • Hyphenation: ზვა‧ვი

Noun

ზვავი (zvavi) (plural ზვავები)

  1. avalanche, billow

Inflection

.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), ზვავი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), შვავი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), ზოვი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 233b
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975), შვავი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 247a
  • ზუა”, in Pereidnuli leksiḳoni [Fereydanian Dictionary] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
  • შვავი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.