ტურტურუე

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ტურტურუა (ṭurṭurua), ტურტურვე (ṭurṭurve), ტურტური (ṭurṭuri), ტურტურუვე (ṭurṭuruve)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Reduplication of Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭurṭ- (“to mumble, murmur”). Similarity with Latin turtur is accidental.

Noun

ტურტურუე • (ṭurṭurue) (plural ტურტურუეეფი)

1. turtle dove

   Hypernym: ტორონჯი (ṭoronǯi)

2. Caucasian grouse

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ტურტურუე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1385
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ტურტურუე”, 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 330b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ტურტურუა”, 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
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ტურტურუე”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN