ჭაგუ̂

Svan

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian ჭუაქი (č̣uaki). Compare also Kabardian щӏэрыкӏуэ (śʼɛrəkʷʼɛ).

Noun

ჭაგუ̂ • (č̣agû)

  1. spring onion
    Synonyms: სოხ (sox), ჭაკუნტელ (č̣aḳunṭel)
  2. Synonym of ფითირ (pitir, “mistletoe (Viscum album)”)

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ჭაგუ̂”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1924
  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ჭაგუ̂”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 370
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ჭაგუ̂”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 333
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917), “ჭაგუ̂”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 38b
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ჭლაკვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ფითრი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Saɣliani, Medea (2016), Važa Šengelia, editor, Svanuri enis sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi [On the Structure of the Svan language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, pages 294, 337, 357, derives from Georgian ჭლაკვი (č̣laḳvi)
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