წიმინდე

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼiˈmindɛ/
  • Hyphenation: წი‧მინ‧დე

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

წიმინდე (ǯiminde) (Latin spelling ǯiminde) (Apso, Jigetore)

  1. wet or rotten animal feces

Etymology 2

From Georgian წმინდა (c̣minda).

Adjective

წიმინდე (ǯiminde) (Latin spelling ǯiminde) (Apso, Vitse)

  1. actual, authentic, genuine, pristine, pure, real, true
    ბერეჩქიმიქ იზმირიშენ წიმინდე ზეჲთინჲაღი მომინჯღონუ
    bereçkimik izmirişen ǯiminde zeytinyaği momincğonu
    My child sent me pure olive oil from Izmir
  2. (dialectal, Sumla) humane
    ხასანი წიმინდე კოჩი რენ
    xasani ǯiminde ǩoçi ren
    Khasan is a humane man

Etymology 3

Akin to წიმინდი (ǯimindi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

წიმინდე (ǯiminde) (Latin spelling ǯiminde) (Jigetore)

  1. the same of, like
    ალი ებამუშიში წიმინდე ონ
    ali ebamuşişi ǯiminde on
    Ali is like his father

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3ʼiminde”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წიმინდე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi