გო-
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ga(n)- (preverb of direction "outside, outwards"). Cognate with Georgian გა- (ga-) and Mingrelian გო- (go-).
Preverb
[edit]გო- • (go-) (Latin spelling go-)
- around
- გო- (go-) + ბღ- (bğ-, “to pour”) → გობღუნ (gobğun, “A granular solid is lying scattered on something high”)
- Function unknown
- გო- (go-) + ჭკონდ- (ç̌ǩond-, “to forget”) → გოჭკონდუნ (goç̌ǩondun, “S/he forgets”)
Usage notes
[edit]- It becomes გვ- (gv-) before ა (a) in Atina, Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects and sometimes in Batumi dialect.
- It becomes გ- (g-) before vowels (except for ი (i)) in Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects.
- It stays გო- (go-) before ი (i) in Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects, becomes გუ- (gu-) in Chkhala and Batumi dialects.
- It becomes გვ- (gv-) before ო (o) in Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects.
- It becomes გუ- (gu-) before ვა (va), ვო (vo), მა (ma), გა (ga), მო (mo) and გო (go) but It stays გო- (go-) before ვი (vi), ვუ (vu), მი (mi) and გი (gi) in Batumi Dialect.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “go-”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “გო-”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi