ქაბლა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms
  • ქაულა (kaula), ქაბულა (kabula), ქაბჷლა (kabəla)

Etymology

Has been compared to Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, itself of uncertain origins.[1]

Since the presence of Germans that far east should be met with hesitation, one shall rather regard Akkadian 𒆏𒋢 (kabsu, “young male sheep”), Classical Syriac ܟܒܫܐ‎ (keḇšā, “wether”), marked as inter-Semitic and ultimately foreign borrowings owing to irregular correspondence to the last consonant of Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ‎ (kéḇeś, “sheep”), Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔‎ (kbš, “sheep”), Arabic كَبْش‎ (kabš, “ram, bellwether”), the historic pronunciation of which was /ɬ/, equal to that of Proto-Kartvelian *lʿ, from which Mingrelian ლ (l) in contrast with Svan შ (š) uses to be inherited.

Noun

ქაბლა • (kabla) (plural ქაბლეფი)

  1. heifer, calf

Descendants
  • → Abkhaz: ақабла (akabla)

References
  1. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 197

Further reading
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 261–262
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ქაბლა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1496
  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram; Gersamia, Rusudan; Lomia, Maia; Cxadaia, Taia (2010), Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 38
  • Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ქაბლა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 341a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ქაბლა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ქაბულა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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