კა̈პ

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Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaṗ- (stick; pole).

Noun

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კა̈პ (ḳäṗ) (plural კაპა̈რ)

  1. pole, column, pillar
  2. support
  3. a kind of stick for stretching hides, pelts
  4. bifurcated (tree branch, tree)

Further reading

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კა̈პ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 749
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “კაპი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 128a, glossed as Georgian კაპი (ḳaṗi), however the Russian translation rather implies Georgian ორკაპა (orḳaṗa, bifurcated (of tree branches, trees))