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Laz
Etymology 1
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.
Noun
მწუ • (mǯu) (plural მწუეფე) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)
- cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)
- Synonyms: მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), (the wild form) პოზი (p̌ozi)
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მწუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მწუ”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-.
Noun
მწუ • (mǯu) (Latin spelling mǯu) (Sumla, Borghola)
- the stalk left after harvesting the tops of wheat, barley, rice, etc.
მჯვეში ორაფეზ პაპულეფეჩქუნი მწუშ ონჯირეზ ინჯირტეზ- mcveşi orapez p̌ap̌ulepeçkuni mǯuş oncirez incirťez
- Our ancestors used to sleep on beds made of grain stalks
Inflection
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