ოფოფი

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Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian ოფოფი (opopi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *opop- (hoopoe). Compare Mingrelian ოფოფი (opopi) and Laz ოფამფე (opampe). Likely of onomatopeic origin, but compare also similar words in some Indo-European languages, such as Old Armenian յոպոպ (yopop), Latin upupa, Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Latvian pupuķis, and Persian پوپو (pôpô).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /opʰopʰi/
  • Hyphenation: ოფო‧ფი

Noun[edit]

ოფოფი (opopi) (plural ოფოფები)

  1. hoopoe

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 146

Further reading[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ოფოფი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 335