Monday, September 2, 2013

AFRICAN TOPONYMS IN KARTVELIAN SURNAMES

Now let's take the toponyms from Ptolemy's map of Africa, then add to them -SHVILI and -DZE endings of Kartvelian surnames, and see how many real Kartvelian surnames we'll have.

Karaga - Karagashvili
Abdira - Abdirashvili
Durga - Durgashvili
Tega - Tegashvili
Galiba - Galibashvili
Gerba - Gerbashvili
Dulia - Duliashvili
Silika - Silikashvili
Tagama - Tagamadze
Longa - Longadze
Teoni - Teonidze
Hasuda - Hasudashvili
Vassana - Vasanashvili
Sudana - Sudanashvili
Usara - Usarashvili

The above Kartvelian surnames are real.

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