იფ

Georgian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ipʰ/, /if/

Interjection

იფ • (ip)

  1. expression of delight, most often in response to something delicious or beautiful

Usage notes

For emphasis, the vowel can be reduplicated, as in იიიფ (iiip); the consonant can be reduplicated, as in იფფფ (ippp) (indicating a pronunciation with /f/); or the entire interjection can be repeated, as in იფ იფ იფ (ip ip ip).

Svan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ip-. Doublet of იფნა (ipna).

Noun

იფ • (ip)

  1. ash tree
    Synonym: ლა̈ჯრა (läǯra)

References
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “იფანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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