ლომი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ლომი (lomi), together with Svan ლო̈მ (löm) borrowed from an unknown source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lomi/, [ɫomi]
  • Hyphenation: ლო‧მი

Noun

ლომი • (lomi) (plural ლომები)

  1. lion
  2. (astronomy) Leo constellation
  3. (astrology) Leo

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-лым (a-ləm)
  • Bats: ლომ (lom)
  • Chechen: лом (lom), лам (lam)
  • Ingush: лом (lom)

See also

Zodiac signs in Georgian (layout · text)
ვერძი (verʒi) კურო (ḳuro) მარჩბივი/ტყუპები (marčbivi/ṭq̇uṗebi) კირჩხიბი (ḳirčxibi)
ლომი (lomi) ქალწული (kalc̣uli) სასწორი (sasc̣ori) ღრიანკალი (ɣrianḳali)
მშვილდოსანი (mšvildosani) თხის რქა (txis rka) მერწყული (merc̣q̇uli) თევზები (tevzebi)

Further reading

  • Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 430, compares with Proto-Indo-European *lew- (lion)

Old Georgian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ლომი • (lomi)

  1. lion
  2. (astronomy) Leo

Descendants

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ლომი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 210
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