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Laz
Etymology
Uncertain. Artvinli compares to Georgian არყი (arq̇i).
Noun
ანკრა • (anǩra) (Latin spelling anǩra) (Vizha, Artasheni, Arkabi)
- yew (Taxus baccata)
მჭიმა მოხტასი ანკრა ეწვაკაჩენ.- mç̌ima moxťasi anǩra eǯvaǩaçen.
- When it rains, he takes shelter under the yew.
Declension
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Further reading
- Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “anǩra”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 11
- Artvinli, Taner (2022) “akri¹”, in Artvin Etimoloji Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Telemak Kitap, →ISBN, page 57ab
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ank’ra”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish), glosses as "juniper"
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ანკრა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi