ქუცი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kacw-. Doublet of ქაცუ (kacu), which is from Georgian ქაცვი (kacvi).

Noun

ქუცი • (kuci) (plural ქუცეფი)

1. sea buckthorn

   Synonym: კვადაცი (ḳvadaci)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-қәы́ц (a-kʷə́c, “thorn”)
  • → Ubykh: кьыцәы (kʲʼəcʷə)

References

• Buḳia, Manana (2016) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, pages 57–58

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქუცი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1543
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქუცი”, 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 347b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქუცი”, 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
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქაცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქუცი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN