ჯუ̂იდ

Svan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from ჯუ̂იდ ← *ჯუ̂ილ ← *ჩუ̂ილ (ǯûid ← *ǯûil ← *čûil), from Proto-Kartvelian *c₁wil-.[1][2] See Čuxua for examples of დ ← *ლ (d ← *l) in Svan.[3]

Noun

ჯუ̂იდ • (ǯûid)

  1. wax
  2. beeswax candle

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*c₁wid-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 229
  2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c₁wil-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 272
  3. Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 15–16

Further reading
  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჯვიდ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 398a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჯვიდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 375ა
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ცვილი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 228b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჯუ̂იდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1993
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