მორო
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Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Georgian მარა (mara), Mingrelian მორო (moro), Svan მარ (mar).
Interjection
[edit]მორო • (moro) (Latin spelling moro)
- Used for attention, threat, amazement and question
- მთუთიქ თქუ-ქი: "სი ვარ გიჩქინშია, მორო მუკ ჭკომუჲა?"
- mtutik tku-ki: "si var giçkinşia, moro muǩ ç̌ǩomuya?"
- The bear said, "If you don't know, then who ate?"
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “moro”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მორო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- მურო (muro)
Etymology
[edit]Akin to Georgian მარა (mara), Laz მორო (moro), Svan მარ (mar).
Conjunction
[edit]მორო • (moro)
Interjection
[edit]მორო • (moro)
- Used for attention, threat, amazement and question
- კუში სქუა კუ იჸიი, ბუში სქუა ბუ იჸიი, აბა, მორო მუ იჸიი?
- ḳuši skua ḳu iʾii, buši skua bu iʾii, aba, moro mu iʾii?
- A turtle's son will be a turtle, an owl's son will be an owl, and well, what else will it be?
Further reading
[edit]- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მორო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 931
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მორო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN