Re: [tied] Kartvelian -shvili : patronymic?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:01:21 -0300 (ART), "Joao S. Lopes"
<josimo70@...> wrote:

>What's the meaning of suffix SHVILI in Kartvelian surnames? Is it a patronymic? Does it mean "son of"?
>For example Stalin's surname Djugashvili: Djuga's son?

Yes. s^vili = son, child. What comes before it (e.g. Dz^uga-) doesn't
stand in the genitive (which would be Dz^ugais), so it looks like simple
apposition.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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