Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒuʒu-
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This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Georgian-Zan
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *buʒ-.
Noun
[edit]*ʒuʒu- (Klimov)
- breast (female)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 618.
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 598, containing an outdated comment about Laz ბუძი (bużi) supposedly being borrowed from Greek.
Further reading
[edit]- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 281–282, which derives Laz ბუძი (bużi) from this root; the irregular reflex of Laz could be explained either by the symbolic nature of the word or by the influence of Greek βυζί (vyzí) or Adyghe быдзы (bədzə), Kabardian быдзы (bədzə).