კაკალი

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼɑkʼɑli/
  • Hyphenation: კა‧კა‧ლი

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaḳ-. Cognate with Mingrelian კაკალი (ḳaḳali), Laz კაკალი (ḳaḳali) and Svan გაკ (gaḳ). Svan კაკალ (ḳaḳal) is probably borrowed from Georgian. Armenian կակալ (kakal) is borrowed from Kartvelian.

Noun

კაკალი (ḳaḳali) (plural კაკლები)

  1. walnut
Inflection
Derived terms
  • თვალის კაკალი (tvalis ḳaḳali)
Descendants
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

კაკალი (ḳaḳali) (plural კაკლები)

  1. grain, kernel
Synonyms

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaḳ-.

Noun

კაკალი (kakali)

  1. walnut

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 346
  • Marr, N. (1910), კაკალი”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

  • კაკა (ḳaḳa)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaḳ-.

Noun

კაკალი (ḳaḳali)

  1. piece
  2. grain
  3. kernel

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 346
  • Kipšidze, I. (1910), კაკალი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 85
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964), “ḳaḳa”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kartvelʹskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences
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