კუ

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Georgian

კუ

Alternative forms

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

კუ (ḳu) (plural კუები)

  1. tortoise, turtle
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (obsolete) cancer, tumor

Inflection

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Derived terms


Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳu-

Noun

კუ (ḳu)

  1. tortoise

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