ჩენგე
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چكه (çeñe).
Noun
[edit]ჩენგე • (çenge) (Latin spelling çenge)
- (Arkabi) jaw, chin
- Synonym: ნუკუ (nuǩu)
- ომერიზ ჩენგე ჲუტახეზდორენ
- omeriz çenge yuťaxezdoren
- They broke Omar's jaw
- (Batumi) beard
- Synonym: ფიმფილი (pimpili)
- კოჩიქ კატა ნდღა ჩენგე იბღაფს
- ǩoçik ǩaťa ndğa çenge ibğaps
- The man shaves his beard every day
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çenge”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩენგე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi