კათა

Laz

Etymology

კათ- (ǩat-, “to include”) +‎ -ა (-a). Cognate with Mingrelian კათა (ḳata, “folk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʼɑtʰɑ/
• Hyphenation: კა‧თა

Noun

კათა • (ǩata) (plural კათაფე, Latin spelling ǩata)

1. (dialectal, Atina) another animal that is an animal's friend
2. (dialectal, Atina) another animal mating with one animal

   აჲშეში ფუჯი ხვალა ნაოტუ შენი ოფშა ბეჯღამტუ. არ კათა ქელუმჭეშუ. დირახატუ. ჰუს ვარბეჯღამს.

   ayşeşi puci xvala naoťu şeni opşa becğamťu. ar ǩata kelumç̌eşu. diraxaťu. hus varbecğams.

   Aisha's cow was screaming a lot because she was alone. (Aisha) brought an animal friend (a cow) to her. (Cow) relaxed. She doesn't shout anymore.

3. (dialectal, Vizha) drove, flock, herd

   Synonym: სური (suri)

   კათა ნაგუნდუნასენ შურონი მითიში კათა ნაგასენ ნამბინენ

   ǩata nagundunasen şuroni mitişi ǩata nagasen nambinen

   The goat that lost its herd is tied to whose herd it comes across (becomes one of the herd)

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 798
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’ata”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კათა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

Cognate with Laz კათა (ǩata).

Noun

კათა • (ḳata) (plural კათეფი)

1. folk, people

   Synonym: ხარხი (xarxi)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კათა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 655