ჯელვანწენ

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Etymology

From ჯელა- (cela-) +‎ ა- (a-) +‎ ნწ- (nǯ-) +‎ -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣w- (“to dip”). Cognate with Georgian დაწობა (dac̣oba) and Mingrelian გეწუაფა (gec̣uapa).

Verb

ჯელვანწენ • (celvanǯen) (Latin spelling celvanǯen)

  1. (Atina) to touch something below
    ნუსაში ჶოტა-უჯი კულის ჯელვანწენ.
    nusaşi foťa-uci ǩulis celvanǯen.
    The tip of the bride's loincloth touches the chair.
  2. (Vizha, Artasheni) to touch the liquid or puddled liquid in a container with tip of something
    მანდილი ნა-შკომუჲ ლუუ ჯელვანწენ. იკათალაჲ.
    mandili na-şǩomuy luu celvanǯen. iǩatalay.
    Her headscarf touches the cabbage she eats. She should be careful.

Further reading

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 294
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “celvan3’en”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
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