კუ
Georgian
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Alternative forms
- კუვი (ḳuvi)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Georgian კუ (ḳu), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳu-. Cognate with Mingrelian კუ (ḳu).
Pronunciation
Noun
Inflection
Declension of კუ (see Georgian declension)
singular | plural | archaic plural | |
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nominative | კუ (ḳu) | კუები (ḳuebi) | კუნი (ḳuni) |
ergative | კუმ (ḳum) | კუებმა (ḳuebma) | კუთ(ა) (ḳut(a)) |
dative | კუს(ა) (ḳus(a)) | კუებს(ა) (ḳuebs(a)) | კუთ(ა) (ḳut(a)) |
genitive | კუს(ა) (ḳus(a)) | კუების(ა) (ḳuebis(a)) | კუთ(ა) (ḳut(a)) |
instrumental | კუთ(ა) (ḳut(a)) | კუებით(ა) (ḳuebit(a)) | |
adverbial | კუდ(ა) (ḳud(a)) | კუებად(ა) (ḳuebad(a)) | |
vocative | კუვ (ḳuv) | კუებო (ḳuebo) | კუნო (ḳuno) |
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. |
Postpositional inflection of კუ (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
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-ზე (on - ) | კუზე (ḳuze) | კუებზე (ḳuebze) |
-თან (near - ) | კუსთან (ḳustan) | კუებთან (ḳuebtan) |
-ში (in - ) | კუში (ḳuši) | კუებში (ḳuebši) |
-ვით (like a - ) | კუსავით (ḳusavit) | კუებივით (ḳuebivit) |
postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
-თვის (for - ) | კუსთვის (ḳustvis) | კუებისთვის (ḳuebistvis) |
-ებრ (like a - ) | კუსებრ (ḳusebr) | კუებისებრ (ḳuebisebr) |
-კენ (towards - ) | კუსკენ (ḳusḳen) | კუებისკენ (ḳuebisḳen) |
-გან (from/of - ) | კუსგან (ḳusgan) | კუებისგან (ḳuebisgan) |
postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
-დან (from / since - ) | კუდან (ḳudan) | კუებიდან (ḳuebidan) |
-ურთ (together with - ) | კუთურთ (ḳuturt) | კუებითურთ (ḳuebiturt) |
postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
-მდე (up to - ) | კუმდე (ḳumde) | კუებამდე (ḳuebamde) |
Derived terms
- კუს ნაბიჯით (ḳus nabiǯit)
Old Georgian
Alternative forms
- კუვი (ḳuvi)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳu-
Noun
კუ • (ḳu)
Descendants
- Georgian: კუ (ḳu)
References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 203
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 103
Categories:
- Georgian terms derived from Old Georgian
- Georgian terms derived from Proto-Georgian-Zan
- Georgian 1-syllable words
- Georgian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Georgian lemmas
- Georgian nouns
- Georgian countable nouns
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- Georgian terms with obsolete senses
- Old Georgian terms derived from Proto-Georgian-Zan
- Old Georgian lemmas
- Old Georgian nouns