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Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *barḳ-.
Noun
ბორკი • (borḳi) (plural ბორკეფი)
- leg
- Synonym: კუჩხი (ḳučxi)
- thigh
- Synonyms: კვინჭიხე (ḳvinč̣ixe), წირღვი (c̣irɣvi)
- shin
- Synonyms: წირღვი (c̣irɣvi), კაჭაღე (ḳač̣aɣe)
Usage notes
The preferred term for the meaning of leg is კუჩხი (ḳučxi).
Derived terms
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბორკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 119
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 777
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბორკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბორკი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 206b