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Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwarc₁x-.

Noun edit

კუჩხე (ǩuçxe) (plural კუჩხეფე, Latin spelling ǩuçxe)

  1. foot
    1. foot of living things
      1. the area covering the ankle and fingers of living things
        ემოგი კუჩხე ნუსტუნ, ოკაჩხე ირგინენ
        emogi ǩuçxe nusťun, oǩaçxe irginen
        First he slips, then he rolls
      2. foot and leg of living things
        Synonym: ფოლო (polo)
        ანაჭი კინჩი ჟურ კუჩხეთენ ნიკიდენ
        anaç̌i ǩinçi jur ǩuçxeten niǩiden
        The wakeful bird is caught (in the trap) with two feet
    2. each of the supports that enable things such as tables, chairs, bridges, etc. to stand high off the ground
      Synonyms: პაჭა (p̌aç̌a), ფოლო (polo), ბაბა (baba)
      ელაქთერი მოთდოხედუ! ორძოში კუჩხე მეტროხასენ.
      elakteri motdoxedu! orżoşi ǩuçxe meťroxasen.
      Don't sit sideways! The leg of the chair will break.

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Further reading edit

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 169
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კუჩხე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi