გე-
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Preverb
[edit]გე- • (ge-) (Latin spelling ge-) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- down
- გე- (ge-) + ულუნ (ulun, “S/he goes”) → გჲულუნ (gyulun, “S/he comes down”)
- Top to bottom in a vertical direction
- გე- (ge-) + დგ- (dg-, “to put”) → გედგიმს (gedgims, “S/he puts down”)
- on something
- გე- (ge-) + დუმ- (dum-, “to put”) → გედუმერს (gedumers, “S/he is putting something on top of something”)
- radically, from the bottom
- გე- (ge-) + კვათუმს (ǩvatums, “S/he cuts”) → გეკვათუმს (geǩvatums, “S/he cuts from the bottom”)
- Function unknown
- გე- (ge-) + ჩამს (çams, “S/he feeds someone”) → გეჩამს (geçams, “S/he hits someone”)
Usage notes
[edit]- It becomes გჲ- (gy-) before ა (a), ო (o) and უ (u).
- It becomes გ- (g-) before ი (i) in Batumi and Chkhala dialects and stays გე- (ge-) in Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa Dialects.
- It becomes გი- (gi-) before ვა (va), ვო (vo), მა (ma), გა (ga), მო (mo) and გო (go) but It stays გე- (ge-) before ვი (vi), ვუ (vu), მი (mi) and გი (gi) in Batumi Dialect.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ge-”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “გე-”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi