ნიკაპი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian, attested as ნიკაფსა (niḳapsa) by assimilation from *ნიკაპსა (*niḳaṗsa), from Proto-Kartvelian *ni-ḳaṗ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nikʼapʼi/
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧კა‧პი

Noun

ნიკაპი • (niḳaṗi) (plural ნიკაპები)

  1. chin
    Synonyms: კაპი (ḳaṗi) [Fereydan], ჭაჭი̆ (č̣ač̣ĭ) [Tusheti], ჩენე (čene) [Chveneburi], ჩანაჲ (čanay) [Ingilo]

Inflection

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Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნიკაფ-ი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 329a
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ნიკაფ-ი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 915a
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