მწუთხე

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣atx- (“salted, pickled”). Cognate with Georgian წათხი (c̣atxi), Mingrelian წუთხე (c̣utxe) and Svan წა̈თხ (c̣ätx).

Adjective

მწუთხე • (mǯutxe) (Latin spelling mǯutxe)

1. too salty, too much salted

   Synonym: ჭიჭიკვერი (ç̌iç̌iǩveri)

   ვანტობაში წკარი მწუთხე რენ

   vanťobaşi ǯǩari mǯutxe ren

   Lake Van's water is salty

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “m3'utxe”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მწუთხე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi