რაგი

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *regw- (“to throw on, fall upon”). Note also Georgian რაგვი (ragvi), a Zan borrowing.

Noun

რაგი • (ragi) (Latin spelling ragi)

  1. trap, snare
    1. (Firtina Valley) mouse trap
    2. (Vitse–Arkabi) bird trap
      Synonyms: ქანდარა (kandara), მსხადა (msxada)
      ჰანდღა რაგითენ სუმ ღაჭო ოპჭოფი
      handğa ragiten sum ğaç̌o op̌ç̌opi
      Today I caught three starlings with a bird trap
    3. (Khopa, Chkhala) trap (used only for catching starlings)
      ხასანის არ კაჲი რაგი ქომებონდვი
      xasanis ar ǩayi ragi komebondvi
      I ordered Khasan a good ragi

Descendants

  • → Turkish: (Artvin) ragvi (or from Georgian)

Further reading

  • Artvinli, Taner (2022) “ragvi”, in Artvin Etimoloji Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Telemak Kitap, →ISBN, page 435a
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ragi”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 859a
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ragi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “რაგი”, 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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