Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آیری (ayrı).

Adverb

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აჲი (ayi) (Latin spelling ayi) (Arkabi)

  1. apart
    სი ნთხირიზ ჩეფლა მოჲოღამ დო აჲი ოხომინამ-ი?
    si ntxiriz çepla moyoğam do ayi oxominam-i?
    Do you take the shells off the hazelnuts and dry them separately?

Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ayi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აჲი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi