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Etymology 1
From Proto-Kartvelian *mad (“verbal negative particle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔt/
- Hyphenation: მოთ
Preposition
მოთ • (mot) (Latin spelling mot)
- Prohibitive mood marker
ჯენჭარერეფე ჰიქო მო დოდუმ. ა მითეფე მოხტანენ დო ნიხირანენ- cenç̌arerepe hiko mo dodum. a mitepe moxťanen do nixiranen
- Don't put the money there. Someone will come and steal it
- Prohibito-optative mood marker
ფსკუდუტაშა ხილობა ვარმოწირამს ბღურასითი მო მოწირამტას- psǩuduťaşa xiloba varmoǯirams bğurasiti mo moǯiramťas
- Whoever did not show me goodness while I was alive should not show me (goodness) when I die
ალი, სიჶტერი გოლიტაშა “მოჲ ვიზირამტა” დეჲი ჯეტობუნ- ali, sifťeri goliťaşa “moy viziramťa” deyi ceťobun
- Ali crouches and hides as the hawk passes by, saying, "I won't be seen"
მაფხალაორაფეზ ბადი დო ქჩინეფექ გალე დიდო მოთ გულუტან- mapxalaorapez badi do kçinepek gale dido mot guluťan
- Older men and women should not go outside a lot during sunny and hot periods
- (dialectal, Artasheni) Negative votive mood marker
ფუჯი ვარიმხოჲ. ბოლაჩი მო ხოსკურტტუკკო- puci varimxoy. bolaçi mo xosǩurťťuǩǩo
- The cow is not eating. I hope he doesn't die
Etymology 2
From მუ (mu, “what”) + -ო(თ) (-o(t), adverbial case marker).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔt/
- Hyphenation: მოთ
Adverb
მოთ • (mot) (Latin spelling mot)
- why
- Synonyms: მოჲა (moya), მუშენი (muşeni)
ჰემ ბერე მოთ ომკუცუნ ? ვაშა ქორბა აწკუნენ.- hem bere mot omǩuʒun ? vaşa korba aǯǩunen.
- Why is that boy down? Does his stomach hurt?
Usage notes
- Prohibitive marker მოთ (mot) is unstressed. As the adverb მოთ (mot, “why”) is strongly stressed thus the homophones are never confused in the conversation.
- Preposition could also be written a prefix to the verb
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mot”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მოთ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi