Laz edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Old Armenian կատու (katu).

Noun edit

კატუ (ǩaťu) (Latin spelling ǩaťu)

  1. cat
    კატუ ულუნ, ქვას ქომოკუხედუნ დო ჰექო იმჟორს
    ǩaťu ulun, kvas komoǩuxedun do heko imjors
    The cat goes and sits behind the rock and sunbathes there

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “կատու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 160
  • Marr, N. (1910) “კატუ”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press

Mingrelian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կատու (katu).[1]

Noun edit

კატუ (ḳaṭu) (plural კატუეფი)

  1. cat
    Synonym: ციბა (ciba)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “կատու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კატუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “კატუ”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 671
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 800
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კატუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN