კბილი

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian კბილი (ḳbili), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳb-il-, from *ḳb-. Cognate with Mingrelian კიბირი (ḳibiri) and Laz კიბირი (ǩibiri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼbili/
  • Hyphenation: კბი‧ლი

Noun

კბილი • (ḳbili) (plural კბილები)

  1. tooth

Inflection

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • კიბილი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳb-il-, which is the past-participle form of a very early formation ending in *-il based on the Proto-Georgian-Zan verb stem *ḳb-, which is the common ancestor of words pertaining to the oral cavity and eating such as კბენა (ḳbena, to bite (anything but food)) and კბეჩა (ḳbeča, to bite (implying food)).

Noun

კბილი • (ḳbili)

  1. tooth

Descendants

  • Georgian: კბილი (ḳbili)

References

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 265
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 87
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 225
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კბილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 194
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