ობედი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian აბედი (abedi). For sporadic replacement of word-initial ა (a) with ო (o), compare ალაგე ~ ოლაგე (alage ~ olage), აგაფა ~ ოგაფა (agapa ~ ogapa).

Noun

ობედი • (obedi)

  1. tinder, touchwood; amadou

Descendants
  • → Svan: ჰობედ (hobed)

References
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ობედი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1087
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ობედი”, 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)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 292b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ობედი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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