ონწელი
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *(s)a-rc̣-e- (“craddle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ონწელი • (onǯeli) (Latin spelling onǯeli) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- cradle
- Synonym: წენწე (ǯenǯe)
- ბერე ონწელიზ მენთხორემუშითე გეიშქიდენ
- bere onǯeliz mentxoremuşite geişkiden
- In the cradle, the child may choke on his or her own vomit
Derived terms
[edit]- ომწელიშა მესიმადერი (omǯelişa mesimaderi, “cradle-notch engaged”)
Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 825
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “on3ʼeli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონწელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi