Thursday, August 15, 2013

SVAN-UKRAINIAN LEXICAL CORRESPONDENCES

  • წელ [tsel], donkey - осел [osel], donkey
  • წაგარ [tsagar], bush - чагарник [chagarnik], bush
  • ჴარჴ [kharkh], throat - харкати [harkati], to expectorate
  • ლჷპტყან [lptkan], scapula - лопатка [lopatka], scapula
  • ჭომინ [chomin], barley - ячмінь [yachmin], barley
  • ოყალ [okal], clay - окалина [okalina], calx
  • დრევ [drev], time - древній [drevniy], ancient
  • წჷრნჷ [tsrn], red - црмлений (Arch.) [tsrmleniy], red
  • კჷლ [kl], clue - ключ [kliuch], clue (coincides with English 'clue' as well)
  • გრმმ [grmm], thunder - грім [grim], thunder
  • პეკ [pek], flour - пекти [pekti], to bake
  • ლიწ [lits], water - літь [lit], to poor
  • მურშკ [murshk], ant - мурашка [murashka], ant
  • დაჩურ [dachur], sister - дочерь (Arch.) [docher], daughter
  • ნებაშინ [nebashin], nephew - небіж [nebizh], nephew
  • ჟახ [zhah], avalanche - жах [zhah], fear
  • მორელ [morel], salty source - море [more], sea
  • ლიბიდ [libid], to pull - лебідка [lebidka], a pulling device
  • ძვერ [dzver], meat - звeрь (Rus.)  [zver], beast
  • ხამ [ham], rough, unprocessed - хам [ham], rude
  • ანგელ [angel], hope - ангел [angel], angel
  • ლაჭკან [latskan], shutter - лацкан [latskan], lapel
  • კვიჩ [kvich], rooster - квочка [kvochka], hen
  • გუნ [goon], calf - гунак (Arch.) [goonak], calf
  • გეზვ [gezv], big fly - гедзь (Arch.) [gedz], big fly
  • პატვარ  [patvar], hair - потворний [potvorniy], ugly (ugly because hairy?)
  • ლელატ [lelat], lover - Лель-ладо [lellado], refrain in Ukrainian ancient songs (Lel' being an epic beautiful young man)
  • ვორგილ [vorgil], enemy - ворог [vorog], enemy
  • ლჟ, ლაჟ [lzh, lazh], to lie - лежати, ложитися [lezhati, lozhitisia], to lie
  • კურნაჯ [kurnaj], to castrate - обкорнати [obkornati], to curtail
  • უიჟ [uizh], snake - уж [uzh], grass-snake
  • სერდე [serde], woe, trouble - сер(д)це [serdtze], heart; сердитий [serditiy], angry

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