ნე̄ყუ̂ი

Svan

Etymology

According to Fähnrich, from Proto-Kartvelian *niq̇w- and cognate with Georgian ნიყვი (niq̇vi).[1][2]

Noun

ნე̄ყუ̂ი • (nēq̇ûi) (plural ნე̄ყუ̂ა̈რ) (Lashkh)

  1. Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea)[3]

References
  1. Fähnrich, Heinz (2016) Die Kartwelier: Grundsprache, Kultur, Lebensraum (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 10
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2019) Der Erbwortschatz der Kartwelsprachen [The inherited vocabulary of Kartvelian languages] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 53
  3. “Amanita caesarea (Scop.) Pers.”, in Sakartvelos soḳoebisa da likenebis etnobiologia [Ethnobiology of fungi and lichens of Georgia] (overall work in Georgian and English), 2014–2017

Further reading
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917) “ნე̄ყჳი”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 24a, glossed as Svan სოკ (soḳ, “mushroom”)
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