лъагъуэ
Kabardian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably formed as лъэ (lˢɛ, “foot”) + *гъуэ (*ğʷɛ, “road”), the latter found inside гъуэ-гу (ğʷɛ-gʷu). Cognate with Adyghe лъагъо (lˢağʷo).
Abkhaz а-ҭлаҩа (a-tlajʷa), Abaza тлагӏва (tˡaʻʷa) are Circassian borrowings. The Abkhaz alago (“footpath”), found only in Erckert,[1] is likewise considered a Circassian borrowing.[2]
The nature of relationship with Old Georgian ალაგი (alagi, “trail, road, way”) is uncertain.
Noun
[edit]лъагъуэ • (lˢağʷɛ)
- trail, track, path
- direction, orientation
- (figuratively) life's journey, trajectory of life
- (figuratively) the way to someone's heart
Derived terms
[edit]- лъагъуэншэ (lˢağʷɛnšɛ)
- лъагъуэхэш (lˢağʷɛxɛš)
References
[edit]- ^ Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 138, page 68
- ^ Schmidt, Gustav (1950) “Abchasische Lehnwortstudien”, in Studia Orientalia[1] (in German), volume 14, Helsinki, page 9
Further reading
[edit]- Апажев, М. Л., Коков, Дж. Н. (2008) “лъагъуэ”, in Б. Ч. Бижоев, editor, Кабардино-черкесско-русский словарь [Kabardian–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Elbrus, page 295b
- Lomtatiʒe, K. (1961) “Gakvavebul gramaṭiḳul ḳlas-nišanta saḳitxisatvis apxazuri enis saxelis puʒeebši [On the issue of fossilized grammatical class indicators in the stems of the substantives of the Abkhaz language]”, in Bulletin of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences[2] (in Georgian), volume 26, number 1, page 118 of 115–122
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages][3] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 245 - Шагиров, А. К. (1989) В. И. Абаев, editor, Заимствованная лексика абхазо-адыгских языков [Borrowed vocabulary of Abkhazo-Adyghean languages][4] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 30