კავე

Laz

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Noun

კავე • (ǩave) (Latin spelling ǩave)

1. (tree and bean) coffee
2. (drink) coffee
3. café

   მურადიქ კავეზ არ-ჟურ საატიზ არქადაშეფე-მუში კალა ოხოქთუნ

   muradik ǩavez ar-jur saaťiz arkadaşepe-muşi ǩala oxoktun

   Muradi is having fun with his friends for an hour or two at the cafe

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’ave”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “კავე”, 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, page 150a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კავე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi