გემო

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian გემოჲ (gemoy), ultimately borrowed from a Proto-Indo-European source. See Old Georgian for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡemo/, [ɡ̊emo]
  • Hyphenation: გე‧მო

Noun

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გემო (gemo) (uncountable)

  1. palate, taste

Inflection

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Declension of გემო (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative გემო (gemo)
ergative გემომ (gemom)
dative გემოს(ა) (gemos(a))
genitive გემოს(ა) (gemos(a))
instrumental გემოთ(ა) (gemot(a))
adverbial გემოდ(ა) (gemod(a))
vocative გემოვ (gemov)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of გემო (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) გემოზე (gemoze)
-თან (-tan, near) გემოსთან (gemostan)
-ში (-ši, in) გემოში (gemoši)
-ვით (-vit, like) გემოსავით (gemosavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) გემოსთვის (gemostvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) გემოსებრ (gemosebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) გემოსკენ (gemosḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) გემოსგან (gemosgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) გემოდან (gemodan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) გემოთურთ (gemoturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) გემომდე (gemomde)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bezhta: гемо (gemo)
  • Hinukh: гемо (gemo)
  • Hunzib: гимо (gimo)
  • Tsez: гимо (gimo)

See also

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Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “გემო”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian გემოჲ (gemoy), ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun

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გემო (gemo)

  1. palate, taste

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “გემო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 182
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “გემო”, 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 214a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “გემო”, 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