ჟილე

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Etymology

From ჟინ (jin, over, above) +‎ -ლე (-le, enclitic suffix).

Adverb

ჟილე (jile) (Latin spelling jile) (Atina, Vizha, VitseArkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. high, above, upward
    ჟილე დოზერიქ ნაიჩალიშამზ შენი ჰანდღა ღალი მღირი გულუნ
    jile dozerik naiçalişamz şeni handğa ğali mğiri gulun
    Today the stream flows muddy because a bulldozer is working upstream

Postposition

ჟილე (jile) (Latin spelling jile) (Vizha, Chanapeti)

  1. above
    ალი მცხულიმშკველაფე გზა ჟილე ნორგაჲ
    ali mʒxulimşǩvelape gza jile norgay
    Ali plants pear saplings at the top of the road (on a slope)

Derived terms

Further reading

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