წკარი

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣q̇al-. Cognates include Georgian წყალი (c̣q̇ali) and Mingrelian წყარი (c̣q̇ari).

Noun

წკარი (ǯǩari) (Latin spelling ǯǩari) (VitseArkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. water
    წკაი გებოფინამ
    ǯǩai gebopinam
    I am heating water
  2. river, stream, brook, creak
    აბუწკაი დო ფიცხალაწკაი მზუღაზ ოკაგენ
    abuǯǩai do piʒxalaǯǩai mzuğaz oǩagen
    Abu and Piʒxala stream meet in the sea
  3. liquid obtained by squeezing fruits, vegetables, etc., juice
    მემეთი, ტიკინაზ ნადოლობღუნ ურძენი კაი ჟლიპი. ჰემუში წკარითენ ქჲუმე პათენ.
    memeti, ťiǩinaz nadolobğun urżeni ǩai jlip̌i. hemuşi ǯǩariten kyume p̌aten.
    Memet, crush the grapes in the small basket. We will make kyume from its juice.

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3'k'ari”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “წკარი”, 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 220
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წკარი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi