ბერგი

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *berg- (“to hoe, hack”).

Noun

ბერგი • (bergi) (plural ბერგეფე, Latin spelling bergi) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. pickaxe

   Synonyms: ლორიჭი (loriç̌i), ორიგი (origi)

   ბერგი მჭკადუ დიშქაში ბერგითე დიხვენ

   bergi mç̌ǩadu dişkaşi bergite dixven

   The pickaxe maker is buried with a pickaxe made of wood (proverb)

Related terms

• ობერგუ (obergu)
• ბერჯი (berci)

Descendants

• → Armenian: փերգ (pʻerg)

Further reading

• Kabadayı, Müslüm (2001) “kazma”, in Doğu Karadeniz Lehçeleri Karşılaştırmalı Sözlüğü (Deneme): Ermenice - Yunanca - Megrelce - Rumca - Hemşince - Lazca - Gürcüce (in Turkish), Istanbul: Gelenek, →ISBN, page 275, spelling as berci, bergi
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 775
• Marr, N. (1910) “ბერგი”, 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 130a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბერგი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *berg- (“to hoe, hack”).

Noun

ბერგი • (bergi) (plural ბერგეფი)

1. hoe

   Synonym: თორხი (torxi)

Related terms

• ბარგუა (bargua), ბარგილი (bargili)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბერგი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 98
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბერგი”, 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 203a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 775
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბერგი”, 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) “ბერგი”, 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