Definitions
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- proper noun A South-
Caucasian language of CaucasianGeorgia , related toGeorgian ,Laz , andMingrelian .
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Examples
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In 2002, he and his wife launched Scandinavian Child, and began importing a variety of children’s goods such as Svan high chairs and bouncers, Cariboo bassinets and changing tables and Monarch nursery chairs.
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In our tests, the Svan Chair ($250), for example, a wooden high chair by Scandinavian Child, passed all ASTM safety tests except one for forward stability.
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In our tests, the Svan Chair $250, for example, a wooden high chair by Scandinavian Child, passed all ASTM safety tests except one for forward stability.
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Anyway, the point is Klimov dates a good number of IE roots found in Kartvelian to (1) Common Kartvelian, (2) Common Georgian-Zan, and (3) Common Georgian-Svan.
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Previous etymological work has established an estimate of the quantity of reconstructed lexemes for each of these periods also for Common Zan-Svan, though it has very few.
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It is generally thought that Georgian-Zan forms the most recent branch, with Svan the outlying language, due to the quite superior number of common lexical items, though the opposite opinion also exists as Zan has very many grammatical innovations.
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They derive the name of Sukhumi from a Svan word denoting a plant singular form, cf.
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Svan on reaching the sea struck at Steinn their captain, wounding him badly, and then sprang into his own ship.
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The two men had been great friends, and Svan offered
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They had already loaded their ships, and Svan told them to get on board.
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