კუ

Georgian

კუ

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian კუ (ḳu), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳu-. Cognate with Mingrelian კუ (ḳu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼu/

Noun

კუ (ḳu) (plural კუები)

  1. tortoise, turtle
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (obsolete) cancer, tumor

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • კუს ნაბიჯით (ḳus nabiǯit)

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳu-

Noun

კუ (ḳu)

  1. tortoise

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), კუ”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 203
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 103
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