Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇wlep-
Proto-Kartvelian
Root
*q̇wlep- ~ *q̇wlip-
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Svan: ქა-ლი-ყუ̂ფ-ე (ka-li-q̇ûp-e), ხ-ა-ყუ̂ფ-ე (x-a-q̇ûp-e), ა-ხ-ყუ̂იფ (a-x-q̇ûip)
References
- Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 201, unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*q̇w(l)ep- : q̇w(l)ip- : q̇w(l)p-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 242, unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)
Further reading
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ყუ̂ელ-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 536, connects with Svan ყუ̂ილე (q̇ûile, “[he, she] divides, separates smth”), which is at the same time on page 527 derived from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇aw-; unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*q̇wil-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 516, now no longer links with the rest of Svan material and reconstructs *q̇wil- on the basis of Georgian and the aforementioned Svan word, which on page 504 is still considered as a derivation Proto-Kartvelian *q̇aw-; unaware of Mingrelian ჸულიფ-უ-ა (ʾulip-u-a)