ლე- -ე

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ლე- (le-)

Etymology

From Svan ლე- (le-).

Circumfix

ლე- -ე • (le- -e)

1. Forms toponyms from Georgian last names

   ‎წურწუმია (c̣urc̣umia) + ‎ლე- -ე (le- -e) → ‎ლეწურწუმე (lec̣urc̣ume, “a place where c̣urc̣umias dwell”)

   ‎ქაჯაია (kaǯaia) + ‎ლე- -ე (le- -e) → ‎ლექაჯაიე (lekaǯaie, “a place where kaǯaias dwell”)

2. (obsolete) Forms toponyms from general words

   ‎გინი (gini, “calf”) + ‎ლე- -ე (le- -e) → ‎ლეგინე (legine, “a place where calves dwell”)

   ‎გვიმორა (gvimora, “fern”) + ‎ლე- -ე (le- -e) → ‎ლეგვიმორე (legvimore, “a place where ferns grow”)

   ‎ფშალე (pšale, “hop (Humulus lupulus)”) + ‎ლე- -ე (le- -e) → ‎ლეფშალე (lepšale, “a place where hops grow”)

Derived terms

Mingrelian terms circumfixed with ლე- -ე

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ლე- -ე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 765