ჰაკუ
Laz
Alternative forms
- ჰაკკუ (haǩǩu) — some parts of Artasheni
- ჰაკო (haǩo) — Vitse–Arkabi, Peroniti
- აკო (aǩo) — Khopa, Chkhala
- ოკო (oǩo) — Akçakoca
Etymology
From ჰა (ha, “this”) + კონარი (ǩonari, “much”). Akçakoca probably formed through regressive vowel assimalation. For example დილიმერს (dilimers) for Akçakoca and Chkhala, დოლიმერს (dolimers) for rest.
Adverb
ჰაკუ • (haǩu) (Latin spelling haǩu) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)
- this much
- ჰაკუ დოვიჲონდრი. პიჲა არაბა მოხტასენ-ი?
- haǩu doviyondri. p̌iya araba moxťasen-i?
- I've waited this long. Will the car come?
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 371a
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “hak’u”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჰაკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi