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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *at-.
Numeral
ვით • (vit) (Latin spelling vit)
- ten
ჰამ მჭკუდი ვით კოჩიზ ჲონჭუნ- ham mç̌ǩudi vit ǩoçiz yonç̌un
- This meal is enough for ten people
Usage notes
- It takes the forms ვი (vi) (Atina,Chanapeti,Chenneti) and ვითი (viti) (Artasheni,Khopa) in front of some consonant groups. For example; ვი ნდღა (vi ndğa, “ten days”) and ვითი ნდღა (viti ndğa, “ten days”)
- In some localities, the /n/ at the beginning of the following consonant group is lost. For example; ნამობოგამ ფარათე ვით დღაზ ისქიდინენ (namobogam parate vit dğaz iskidinen, “I can live just ten days with the money I earned”).
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “vit”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ვით”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi