ნთხირი
Laz
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Alternative forms
[edit]- ნთხიჲი (ntxiyi) — alternative spelling
- თხირი (txiri), თხიჲი (txiyi) — Chkhala
- მთხირი (mtxiri), მთხიჲი (mtxiyi) — Batumi
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Kartvelian *txil-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ნთხირი • (ntxiri) (Latin spelling ntxiri)
- hazelnut, hazel tree
- ჶადიმექ ჶელი დო ლაზუტიში არას ნთხირი ეშობღამს
- fadimek feli do lazuťişi aras ntxiri eşobğams
- Fadime pours hazelnuts between pumpkin and corn
Further reading
[edit]- Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 393
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 797
- Marr, N. (1910) “თხირი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 148b
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნთხირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi