იფ

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ipʰ], [if]

Interjection

იფ • (ip)

  1. expression of delight, often in response to something delicious or beautiful

Usage notes

For greater effect the vowel can be lengthened, as in იიიფ; the consonant (if pronounced as a fricative) can be lengthened, as in იფფფ; or the sequence can be repeated, as in იფ იფ იფ.

Svan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ip-. Doublet of იფნა (ipna).

Noun

იფ • (ip)

  1. ash tree
    Synonym: ლა̈ჯრა (läǯra)

References

  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “იფანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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