ბორკი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *barḳ-.

Noun

ბორკი • (borḳi) (plural ბორკეფი)

1. leg

   Synonym: კუჩხი (ḳučxi)

2. thigh

   Synonyms: კვინჭიხე (ḳvinč̣ixe), წირღვი (c̣irɣvi)

3. shin

   Synonyms: წირღვი (c̣irɣvi), კაჭაღე (ḳač̣aɣe)

Usage notes

The preferred term for the meaning of leg is კუჩხი (ḳučxi).

Derived terms

• ბორკუა (borḳua)
• ბორკილი (borḳili)
• ბორკამი (borḳami)
• ბორკღულა (borḳɣula)
• ბორკილუა (borḳilua)
• ჟირბორკამი (žirborḳami)
• ბორკმოღულა (borḳmoɣula)
• ბორკიცოცორო (borḳicocoro)
• ბორკმესისიბელი (borḳmesisibeli)

 

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბორკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 119
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 777
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბორკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბორკი”, 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 206b