დო-

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Etymology 1

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Prefix

დო- • (do-) (Latin spelling do-)

  1. demonstrates that the verb is indeed positive: Affirmation prefix
    ბადი დოვიჲი
    badi doviyi
    I got old (man)
    სი მუ-თუ ვარე, მა-თი ჰეჲა დობიქომ
    si mu-tu vare, ma-ti heya dobikom
    Whatever you do, I will do as well
    ვით-დო-ხუთ დეჶა დეგიწვი ჭი შკიმდა ელა
    vit-do-xut defa degiǯvi ç̌i şǩimda ela
    "Come to me," I said fifteen times

Etymology 2

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *da- (“preverb of direction, down(wards) on surface”).

Preverb

დო- • (do-) (Latin spelling do-)

  1. towards the ground
    ‎დო- (do-) + ‎ბღ- (bğ-, “to spill”) → ‎დობღამს (dobğams, “S/he spills the granular solid on the ground”)
  2. Function unknown
    ‎დო- (do-) + ‎ზდ- (zd-, “to pull”) → ‎დოზდამს (dozdams, “She looks or acts like one of her/his family”)

Usage notes

  • It becomes დვ- (dv-) before ა (a) in Atina, Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects, დ- (d-) in Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects.
  • It becomes დ- (d-) before ო (o) in Atina, Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects, დვ- (dv-) in Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects.
  • It becomes დ- (d-) before ი (i) and უ (u).
  • It sometimes become დე- (de-) and sometimes დო- (do-) before ვი (vi), ვო (vo), ვუ (vu), მი (mi), გი (gi), მო (mo) and გო (go) in Atina dialect.

Further reading

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “do-”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “დო-”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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