არგუნი

Laz

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian არგუნი (arguni).

Noun

არგუნი • (arguni) (Latin spelling arguni)

1. large axe with a gap between the cutting body and the handle grip and weighing more than 5 kg, axe, hatchet

   Synonyms: ბურჭული (burç̌uli), ნაჯაღი (nacaği)

   ჯემალიქ ეღეთე არგუნიშ ხიტი შირუმს

   cemalik eğete arguniş xiťi şirums

   Cemal wears down the handle of the axe with a file.

Declension

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Declension of არგუნი (arguni) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	არგუნი (arguni)	არგუნეფე (argunepe)
ergative	არგუნიქ (argunik)	არგუნეფექ (argunepek)
dative	არგუნის (argunis)	არგუნეფეს (argunepes)
genitive	არგუნიშ(ი) (arguniş(i))	არგუნეფეშ(ი) (argunepeş(i))
directive	არგუნიშე (argunişe)	არგუნეფეშე (argunepeşe)
ablative	არგუნიშენ (argunişen)	არგუნეფეშენ (argunepeşen)
locative	არგუნის (argunis)	არგუნეფეს (argunepes)
instrumental	არგუნითენ (arguniten)	არგუნეფეთენ (argunepeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 150
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “arguni”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 64b
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 171
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 51
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 772
• Marr, N. (1910) “არგუნი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 127b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არგუნი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

Akin to Laz არგუნი (arguni).

Noun

არგუნი • (arguni) (plural არგუნეფი)

1. axe, hatchet

   Synonym: კვაღა (ḳvaɣa)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 171
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 51
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “არგუნი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 43
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “არგუნი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 196b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 772
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “არგუნი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “არგუნი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN