ჰაკუ

Laz

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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