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(მჭითა) მბული

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *bal- (sweet cherry), see there for more.

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მბული (mbuli) (Latin spelling mbuli)

  1. sweet cherry, wild cherry (Prunus avium) (tree and fruit)
    Coordinate term: ვიშნე (vişne)
    ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ
    hanǯo mbuliz heşşo çans ki ťoťepez konżol konżoli gyobun
    This year, cherry trees have such fruit that they hang on the branches in bunches
    გჲაი ვარ-იფხორნა-თი მბული ოჭკომი
    gyai var-ipxorna-ti mbuli oç̌ǩomi
    If you're not eating, at least eat cherries

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Descendants edit

  • Turkish: buli, bülü

Further reading edit

  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “buli”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 14
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 778
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mbuli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi