კოღო

Georgian

კოღო

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳoɣo- (gnat). Cognate with Mingrelian კოღო (ḳoɣo). If Svan კოღონ (ḳoɣon) and its forms are not Georgian borrowings, then the word can be reconstructed for Proto-Kartvelian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼɔɣɔ/
  • Hyphenation: კო‧ღო

Noun

კოღო (ḳoɣo) (plural კოღოები)

  1. mosquito

Inflection

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See also

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 99
  • Starostin, online database

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳoɣo- (gnat), although see above. Its synonyms, კოღონა (ḳoɣona) and კვაღანა (ḳvaɣana) are borrowed from Georgian. Cognate with Georgian კოღო (ḳoɣo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼɔɣɔ/
  • Hyphenation: კო‧ღო

Noun

კოღო (ḳoɣo)

  1. mosquito
    Synonyms: კვაღანა (ḳvaɣana), კოღონა (ḳoɣona)

References

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), კოღო”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 729
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