მუნჩქვი

Laz

Noun

მუნჩქვი • (munçkvi) (Latin spelling munçkvi)

  1. alternative form of მუმჩქვი (mumçkvi, badger)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

  • მუჩქვი (mučkvi)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ma(n)čw-.

Noun

მუნჩქვი • (munčkvi) (plural მუნჩქვეფი)

  1. badger

Descendants

  • Svan: მინჩქუ̂ (minčkû)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მუნჩქვი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 974
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მუჩქვი”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 285a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*მუ(ნ)ჩქვ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 817
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მუნჩქვი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN