ჩა-
Appearance
Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Georgian შთა- (šta-), equivalent to შე- (še-) + და- (da-): *შედა- (šeda-) -> *შდა- (šda-) -> შთა- (šta-) -> ჩა- (ča-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Preverb
[edit]ჩა- • (ča-)
- Indicates the direction of the verb: from up to low (sometimes inside too)
- Derives perfective verbs from imperfective ones
- Makes the future tense from the present
Derived terms
[edit]- ჩამო- (čamo-)
References
[edit]- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჩა-”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press