კოპეშია

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• კობეშია (ḳobešia)

Noun

კოპეშია • (ḳoṗešia) (plural კოპეშიეფი)

1. squash (Cucurbita)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-кәабашьиа (a-kʷʼabašja)
• → Svan: კოპეშია (ḳoṗešia)

Further reading

• Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1934) Sakartvelos eḳonomiuri isṭoria - c̣igni II [Economic history of Georgia – Book II] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Pederacia, page 274 of 708
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კოპეშია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 725
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “კოპეშია”, 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 260b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კოპეშია”, 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) “გოგრა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “კოპეშია”, 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

Svan

Alternative forms

• კობეშია (ḳobešia)

Etymology

From Mingrelian კოპეშია (ḳoṗešia).

Noun

კოპეშია • (ḳoṗešia) (plural კოპეშიოლ)

1. squash (Cucurbita)

   Synonym: კუ̂ახნესგ (ḳûaxnesg)

Further reading

• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “გოგრა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კოპეშია”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 767