მსვა

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Laz

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *swe- (“wing, feather”).

Alternative forms

Noun

მსვა • (msva) (plural მსვალეფე)

  1. (Atina, Ortaalan, Vitse, Lome) leaf of corn
    Synonym: ლაზუტიში ბურტა (lazuťişi burťa)
    ლაზუტიში მსვა გალე თავაზ ნაგედგინ პეტმეზიზ გელანწენ
    lazuťişi msva gale tavaz nagedgin p̌eťmeziz gelanǯen
    The corn leaf touches the molasses in the pan outside
  2. (Vizha, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) wing (of birds and insects)
    დუმჭკუზ ეჯელი მუხთაში მსვა ნაჩანენ
    dumç̌ǩuz eceli muxtaşi msva naçanen
    When an ant dies, its wings are attached (proverb)

Etymology 2

Likely the same word as მსვა (msva, “wing”) with a sense development "wing" → "side" → "location". Compare the sense developments seen in Georgian ფრთა (prta), მხარე (mxare), Armenian թև (tʻew), կողմ (koġm), French côté.

Alternative forms

Noun

მსვა • (msva) (plural მსვაფე, Latin spelling msva) (Vizha)

  1. geographical point where someone or something is located; location, place
    Synonyms: ჲერი (yeri), სო- (so-)
    ოთვა მჭიფე სოჲაფე სოონ მსვაფე მთურითე დოლინდრაწენ
    otva mç̌ipe soyape soon msvape mturite dolindraǯen
    Snow pits the roof where there are thin timbers
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Amse-de Jong, Tine H. (2004) “sva, msva, psva, sua”, in Laz–English Dictionary, Freudenstadt: Kaukasus Verlag, →ISBN, page 96b
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “msva”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 591b
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “sva”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 877ab
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “msva”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “msva”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “msva”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მსვა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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