ბერე

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Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian თუთა-ბერ-ი (tuta-ber-i, “a surname; son of moon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɾɛ/, /ˈbɛ(ɹ)ɛ/
  • Hyphenation: ბე‧რე

Noun

ბერე • (bere) (Latin spelling bere)

  1. kid, child
    1. underage person
      ბერე ისთერტუში გჲანთხუ დო აღნე დოლოქუნუ დოტალახუ
      bere isterťuşi gyantxu do ağne dolokunu doťalaxu
      The child fell on the floor while playing and soiled the new dress with mud
    2. son
      “ბერეზ ინი მოტაეტაზ” დეჲი ნანამუშიქ ჲორღანი გჲოთვამს
      “berez ini moťaeťaz” deyi nanamuşik yorğani gyotvams
      The mother covers the child with a quilt so that the child does not get cold
    3. someone who is less old than those around them, boy, young man, lad
      Synonym: პალიკარი (p̌aliǩari)
      ბერე ტობაშა დოილეჲ დო ოკაჭხე ეშკუხვეჲ
      bere ťobaşa doiley do oǩaç̌xe eşǩuxvey
      They shot the boy in secret, but (others) later revealed
    4. a person who, despite being old, behaves imprudently; someone who is clueless about something
      სი ბერე გიწუმენან
      si bere giǯumenan
      They call you "You're still a kid'"

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Further reading

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 776 compares Georgian ბელი (beli, “bear's child”)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bere/bee”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბერე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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