აფხა
Laz
Etymology
Borrowed from Abkhaz абӷа (abğa)
Noun
აფხა • (apxa) (Latin spelling apxa) (Vizha)
- shuttle
- Synonyms: მაკოჭი (maǩoç̌i), ჶირკეთა (firǩeta)
- აფხა გოლატოჩი დომიშვი ფორჩა / მოხტი ჯეგიდვარე თოფრიში ჩაჩა.
- apxa golaťoçi domişvi porça / moxťi cegidvare toprişi çaça.
- Shuttle (back and forth) and weave me a shirt / Come and I will give you honeycomb (in a plate or a bowl).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | აფხა (apxa) | აფხაფე (apxape) |
| ergative | აფხაქ (apxak) | აფხაფექ (apxapek) |
| dative | აფხას (apxas) | აფხაფეს (apxapes) |
| genitive | აფხაშ(ი) (apxaş(i)) | აფხაფეშ(ი) (apxapeş(i)) |
| directive | აფხაშე (apxaşe) | აფხაფეშე (apxapeşe) |
| ablative | აფხაშენ (apxaşen) | აფხაფეშენ (apxapeşen) |
| locative | აფხას (apxas) | აფხაფეს (apxapes) |
| instrumental | აფხათენ (apxaten) | აფხაფეთენ (apxapeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “apxa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აფხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- აბხა (abxa)
Etymology
Borrowed from Abkhaz абӷа (abğa).[1][2]
Noun
აფხა • (apxa) (plural აფხეფი)
- shoulder blade, scapula
- Synonym: ბეჭი (beč̣i)
- shuttle (weaving tool)
- Alternative form: აფხვა (apxva)
References
- ^ Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 554
- ^ Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 133
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “აფხა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 56
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “აფხა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 197b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “აფხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “აფხა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN