ქჩე

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qc₁-. Cognate with Mingrelian ჩე (če, white), Old Georgian მჴცჱ (mqcē, grey hair).[1]

Adjective

ქჩე (kçe) (Latin speeling kçe) (Atina, Vizha, VitseArkabi, Khopa)

  1. white
    white:  
    milk:  
    ტოქსერი დოლონი ოხორიშ დოლოხე ქჩე ღაპითე დობღაპი
    ťokseri doloni oxoriş doloxe kçe ğap̌ite dobğap̌i
    Last week, I painted the inside of the house white
  2. light coloured
    ქჩე ურზენი ხაზი გაჲენნა ნაკუ-თი გორუმ, ეჭოფი
    kçe urzeni xazi gayenna naǩu-ti gorum, eç̌opi
    If you like white grapes, take as much as you want

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Laz · ფერეფე (perepe) (layout · text)
     ქჩე (kçe)      ბრესთი (bresti), მბურა (mbura)      უჩა (uça)
             მჭითა (mç̌ita)              არანძა (aranża); ლეტაშფერი (leťaşperi)              სკითა (sǩita)
                          ხანჭელი (xanç̌eli) (neologism)             
                                       ჯღატა (cğaťa) (neologism)
                                       ფემბელი (pembeli)

References

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 711―712

Further reading

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 155
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 850
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 135, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *mqc₁e- (grey hair), further deriving Svan მეჩი (meči, old man) from the same root. Unbeknown to him, Svan in fact derives from Proto-Kartvelian *mec₁-, cognate with Laz უ-მჩ-ან-ე (u--an-e, elder).