ქური

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Laz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kursl-. See Georgian ქუსლი (kusli) for more.

Alternative forms

Noun

ქური • (kuri) (Latin spelling kuri)

  1. heel
    1. (Vizha) heel (of any kind)
      ხექური
      xekuri
      elbow
      (literally, “hand's heel”)
    2. (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) heel of the foot
      Synonym: კუჩხექუი (ǩuçxekui)
      კუჩხეზ კარჶი გომოხედუ. ქუჲი ვარდომაბაძგენ.
      ǩuçxez ǩarfi gomoxedu. kuyi vardomabażgen.
      I got a nail in my foot. I can't step on my heel.
    3. (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) heel of the sock or shoe

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 219
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կրուկն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 684b
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ქური”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 199b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 380

Etymology 2

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kor-; cognates include Georgian ქორი (kori).

Alternative forms

Noun

ქური • (kuri) (Latin spelling kuri)

  1. (dialectal, Atina) kite
    Synonym: დიდისიჶთერი (didisifteri)
    ანდღა წიპულინაფეშკიმის ქური ჯანთხუ დო არ წიპულინა ოჭოფუ
    andğa ǯip̌ulinapeşǩimis kuri cantxu do ar ǯip̌ulina oç̌opu
    Today a kite attacked my chicks and caught one of them
  2. (dialectal, Arkabi) falcon
    Synonym: მჯაჯი (mcaci)
    ნადოლობდვი ორე დო შუკა ირიხოლო ქუჲიქ ეშიღუ დო ოჭკომუ-დორენ
    nadolobdvi ore do şuǩa irixolo kuyik eşiğu do oç̌ǩomu-doren
    All the zucchini and cucumbers I planted were eaten by a falcon
  3. hawk

Mingrelian

Noun

ქური • (kuri)

  1. Alternative form of ქურსი (kursi)
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