კილა

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Laz

Noun

კილა (ǩila) (plural კილაფე)

  1. Khopa and Chkhala form of ნკოლა (nǩola)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Laz ნკოლა (nǩola), see there for more.

Noun

კილა (ḳila) (plural კილეფი)

  1. key (to a lock)
  2. 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