ფსტუ

Bats

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpstʼu/

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Nakh *sṭu. The initial ფ- (p-) may have come from the influence of the form meaning “bull.”

    Noun

    ფსტუ (psṭu) class jd

    1. wife, woman
    Descendants
    • →? Georgian: ფსუტი (psuṭi, “cunnus”) — Khevsureti

    References

    • Kadagiʒe, Davit; Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984), “ფსტუ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 591b–592a
    • Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “ფსტუ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 348
    • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022), “ფსტუ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 172

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Nakh *bsṭu.

      Noun

      ფსტუ (psṭu) class bd

      1. bull
      2. ox

      References

      • Kadagiʒe, Davit; Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984), “ფსტუ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[2], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 591b–592a
      • Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2013), “ფსტუ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume II, Tbilisi: Saari, page 348
      • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022), “ფსტუ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 172
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