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Laz
Noun
კილა • (ǩila) (plural კილაფე)
- Khopa and Chkhala form of ნკოლა (nǩola)
Mingrelian
Etymology
Akin to Laz ნკოლა (nǩola), see there for more.
Noun
კილა • (ḳila) (plural კილეფი)
- key (to a lock)
- lock, padlock
Descendants
- → Svan: კჷლ (ḳəl, “key; lock, padlock”), ⇒ ლიკლი (liḳli, “to lock”)
Further reading
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 245–246, tentatively reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ḳil-, linking other Kartvelian terms with Georgian კლიტე (ḳliṭe, “lock, key”), which unbeknown to him is borrowed from Ancient Greek.
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კილა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 702
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კილა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 804