ბერე
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ბეე (bee) — alternative spelling
Etymology
[edit]Akin to Mingrelian თუთა-ბერ-ი (tuta-ber-i, “a surname; son of moon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ბერე • (bere) (Latin spelling bere)
- kid, child
- underage person
- ბერე ისთერტუში გჲანთხუ დო აღნე დოლოქუნუ დოტალახუ
- bere isterťuşi gyantxu do ağne dolokunu doťalaxu
- The child fell on the floor while playing and soiled the new dress with mud
- son
- “ბერეზ ინი მოტაეტაზ” დეჲი ნანამუშიქ ჲორღანი გჲოთვამს
- “berez ini moťaeťaz” deyi nanamuşik yorğani gyotvams
- The mother covers the child with a quilt so that the child does not get cold
- someone who is less old than those around them, boy, young man, lad
- Synonym: პალიკარი (p̌aliǩari)
- ბერე ტობაშა დოილეჲ დო ოკაჭხე ეშკუხვეჲ
- bere ťobaşa doiley do oǩaç̌xe eşǩuxvey
- They shot the boy in secret, but (others) later revealed
- a person who, despite being old, behaves imprudently; someone who is clueless about something
- სი ბერე გიწუმენან
- si bere giǯumenan
- They call you "You're still a kid'"
- underage person
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 776 compares Georgian ბელი (beli, “bear's child”)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bere/bee”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბერე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi