კამათელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian კამათელი (ḳamateli). Most probably a borrowed term.

Comparison with კამათი (ḳamati, argument) is doubtful. But compare the sense development in Old Armenian վէգ (vēg, dispute, argument; knucklebone used like dice in a game).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼamatʰeli/
  • Hyphenation: კა‧მა‧თე‧ლი

Noun

კამათელი • (ḳamateli) (plural კამათლები)

  1. die, dice

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Ossetian: къам (k’am)

References

  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კამათელი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 159
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