Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁am-

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This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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*c̣₁am-

  1. pubic hair, fur
Descendants
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  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: სა-წმ-ის-ი (sa-c̣m-is-i, fleece, wool) (*სა-წამ-ის-ი (*sa-c̣am-is-i))
      • Georgian: საწმისი (sac̣misi)
    • Zan:
  • Svan: ჭი̄მა (č̣īma, pubic hair), ჭიმა (č̣ima) (*ჭუმა (*č̣uma))
Unsorted borrowings
  • Old Armenian: ծամ (cam)

References

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  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 380–381
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 644

Further reading

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  • Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956) “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368

Etymology 2

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Noun

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*c̣₁am-

  1. Alternative reconstruction of *Lam-