წყაუ̂

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Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Either borrowed from Georgian წყავი (c̣q̇avi) or inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

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წყაუ̂ (c̣q̇aû) (plural წყაუ̂არ) (Lashkh)

  1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
  2. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Further reading

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  • Čanṭlaʒe, Iza, Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Margiani-Dadvani, Ketevan, Margiani-Subari, Ketevan, Ioseliani, Rusudan (2020) Merab Čuxua, Rusudan Zekalašvili, editors, Ḳodoruli svanuri [Kodori Svan]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi-Jena, →ISBN, page 562
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წყაუ̂”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წყაუ̂”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1920