მწუ

Laz

Alternative forms

• წუ (ǯu) — Atina, Artasheni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

მწუ • (mǯu) (plural მწუეფე) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)

   Synonyms: მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), (the wild form) პოზი (p̌ozi)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მწუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მწუ”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-.

Noun

მწუ • (mǯu) (Latin spelling mǯu) (Sumla, Borghola)

1. the stalk left after harvesting the tops of wheat, barley, rice, etc.

   მჯვეში ორაფეზ პაპულეფეჩქუნი მწუშ ონჯირეზ ინჯირტეზ

   mcveşi orapez p̌ap̌ulepeçkuni mǯuş oncirez incirťez

   Our ancestors used to sleep on beds made of grain stalks

Inflection

Declension of მწუ (mǯu) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	მწუ (mǯu)	მწუფე (mǯupe)
ergative	მწუქ (mǯuk)	მწუფექ (mǯupek)
dative	მწუს (mǯus)	მწუფეს (mǯupes)
genitive	მწუშ(ი) (mǯuş(i))	მწუფეშ(ი) (mǯupeş(i))
directive	მწუშე (mǯuşe)	მწუფეშე (mǯupeşe)
ablative	მწუშენ (mǯuşen)	მწუფეშენ (mǯupeşen)
locative	მწუს (mǯus)	მწუფეს (mǯupes)
instrumental	მწუთენ (mǯuten)	მწუფეთენ (mǯupeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.