სოტელია

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ფსოტელია (psoṭelia), სოტელი (soṭeli), სოტოლია (soṭolia)
• სოტეია (soṭeia) — Martvili–Bandza

Etymology

Together with Laz მსუტულჲა (msuťulya), borrowed from Ancient Greek σεῦτλον (seûtlon). The borrowing is probably from some Byzantine Greek form close to Pontic Greek σεύτελα (séftela), the plural of σεύτελον (séftelon) often used as a singular.

Noun

სოტელია • (soṭelia)

1. chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “სოტელია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1334
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “სოტელია”, 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 319b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 835, links with Georgian სატილია (saṭilia, “Taxus baccata”)
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “სოტოლია”, 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) “წითელი მხალი, ფოთლოვანი ჭარხალი, მანგოლდი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Eliava, Givi (1997) “სოტელია”, in Ḳorneli Danelia, editors, Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary (Materials)]‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Intellekti