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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭq̇e- (forest, tree).

Noun edit

მტკა (mťǩa) (Latin spelling mťǩa, plural მტკაფე)

  1. (Vitse–Arkabi) a shrub with small thorns, blackberry
    Synonyms: დურღუნი (durğuni), დაძიკანდღუ (dażiǩandğu)
    კვათერი ჩაჲიზ ვარგუმოლანა მთელლი მტკა მოილამს დო ჩაჲი მეშოქაჩამს
    ǩvateri çayiz vargumolana mtelli mťǩa moilams do çayi meşokaçams
    If you don't hoe the tea that has been cut (around the tea), thorns will cover it and the tea will remain in the thorns
  2. (Chkhala) weed, grass, herb
    Synonym: თიფი (tipi)
    ბაგენიზ მტკა მულოვობღაფთ
    bageniz mťǩa mulovobğapt
    We fill the shed with grass

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mt'k'a[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mt'k'a[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მტკა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi