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აჲინა

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Etymology

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İrfan Çağatay Aleksiva suggests that this word is probably related to Greek δεν είναι (den eínai, it isn't, it doesn't exist). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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აჲინა (ayina) (Latin spelling ayina) (Atina)

  1. never
    Synonyms: ჰიჩი (hiçi) (Atina, Artasheni), ჩქარ (çkar) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi)
    ეველის შკუნი ჰანინეფეშა ავრუფალეფე მულუტეს; ჰუს აჲინა ვარ-მულუნ
    evelis şǩuni haninepeşa avrupalepe muluťes; hus ayina var-mulun
    In the old days, Europeans used to come here; now they never come

Further reading

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  • Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2019) ““Çkar” kelimesi hakkında”, in Lazoba: İrfan Çağatay Aleksiva'nin Lazlar ve Lazca üzerine fikir yazıları[1] (in Turkish), retrieved 2022-07-19
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ayina”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აინა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi