მხა
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *pxa- (“frame, small bone”). Cognate with Georgian ფხა (pxa), Mingrelian ხა (xa) and Svan ფხა (pxa).
Noun
[edit]მხა • (mxa) (plural მხაფე, Latin spelling mxa) (Atina, Okordule, Chanapeti, Sumla, Arkabi)
- fishbone
- Synonym: ილი (ili)
- ნჩხომიში მხა ხურტულის ქელემაცონუ
- nçxomişi mxa xurťulis kelemaʒonu
- Fish bone stuck in my throat
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mxa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi