რკო

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • კურკო (ḳurḳo), კურკოჲ (ḳurḳoy) (dialectal, Pshavi, Tusheti)
  • გირკო (girḳo) (dialectal, Pshavi, Tusheti)
  • კო (ḳo), კოი (ḳoi) (dialectal, Guria, Adjara, Imereti)

Etymology

From Old Georgian რკოჲ (rḳoy), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *krko-. Cognate with Mingrelian კჷ (ḳə).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rkʼo/, [ɾkʼo]
  • Hyphenation: რკო

Noun

რკო • (rḳo) (plural რკოები)

  1. acorn
  2. (dialectal, Adjara) oak

Inflection

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References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რკო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 348
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 101
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