ყვაჭიჭა

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare ღვაჭიჭა (ɣvač̣ič̣a). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /qʼvat͡ʃʼit͡ʃʼa/, [χʼʷat͡ʃʼit͡ʃʼa]
  • Hyphenation: ყვა‧ჭი‧ჭა

Noun[edit]

ყვაჭიჭა (q̇vač̣ič̣a) (plural ყვაჭიჭები)

  1. (dialectal, Guria, Lower Imereti) European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
    Synonym: ვასაკა (vasaḳa)

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ყვაჭიჭა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 222b
  • Мегрелидзе, И. В. (1938) Лазский и мегрельский слои в гурийском [Laz and Megrelian layers in Gurian] (Труды Института языка и мышления имени Н. Я. Марра; 12)‎[2], Moscow: Academy Press, pages 191-192
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882, derives from Mingrelian *ჸვა-ჭიჭა (*ʾva-č̣ič̣a, lit. small foreheard)