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Laz
Etymology
Probably of onomatopoeic origin. From მაი (mai) ← მაარი (maari), მაჲარე (mayare) ← მაყაყი (maqaqi). Intervocalic რ (r) regularly disappears in Laz. As a result, an epenthetical consonant ჲ (y) may be substituted. Forms with რ (r) are the result of hypercorrection. Akin to Georgian ბაყაყი (baq̇aq̇i).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ(j)i/
- Hyphenation: მა‧ი
Noun
მაი • (mai) (Latin spelling mai) (Vitse–Arkabi)
- frog
- Coordinate term: მჟვაბუ (mjvabu)
მაჲიში კოპალიქ წკარიზ კუდელი ოვალამს დო იმჩვირს- mayişi ǩop̌alik ǯǩariz ǩudeli ovalams do imçvirs
- With a wagging tail, a frog's tadpole swims in water
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “maqaqi”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 474b
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mai”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მაი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi