ნენა

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *nen(a)- (“tongue, word”).

Noun

ნენა • (nena) (plural ნენაფე, Latin spelling nena)

  1. tongue, language, noise, sound, voice, word
    1. the organ in the mouth of humans and animals that has various functions such as taste, etc.; tongue
      ნენა მებიჭკომი
      nena mebiç̌ǩomi
      I bit my tongue
    2. sound from the throat of people and animals
      Synonyms: სერსი (sersi), ხომა (xoma)
      ბერეფე ლიპადრე ნენა დვაგურან-ი, აშკურინერან
      berepe lip̌adre nena dvaguran-i, aşǩurineran
      Children are scared when they hear the jackal's voice
    3. sound from anything
      სერი გუგულიში ნენა ბიჲუჯამ
      seri gugulişi nena biyucam
      I listen to the cuckoo('s voice) at night
    4. language spoken by humans; language
      ღორმოთიზ ნამექჩუ ნენათე უპარამითი
      ğormotiz namekçu nenate up̌aramiti
      Speak to Allah/God with the language He has given you
    5. word, promise, statement
      Synonyms: სოზი (sozi), ლაკირდე (laǩirde), ზიტა (ziťa)
      მა ჩქვა სქანდე მუთუ ვარმათქვენ. სი ნენაში ომფულუ ვარგიჩქინ.
      ma çkva skande mutu varmatkven. si nenaşi ompulu vargiçkin.
      I can't tell you anything anymore. You don't know how to keep secrets.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “nena”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნენა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნენა2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნენა3”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნენა4”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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