ჩილი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჩილ (çil) — alternative spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c₁olʿ-.

Noun

ჩილი • (çili) (Latin spelling çili) (Dutkhe, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. wife

   Synonyms: ოხორჯა (oxorca), დიდა (dida)

   მა ოხორიშე გობიქთიში ჩილიჩქიმიქ ოჭონეფე ჭუმტუ

   ma oxorişe gobiktişi çiliçkimik oç̌onepe ç̌umťu

   When I came home, my wife was sewing what was to be sewn

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 157
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çili/ çil”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 38
• Marr, N. (1910) “ჩილი”, 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 210a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩილი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჩჷლი (čəli)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c₁olʿ-.

Noun

ჩილი • (čili)

1. wife

   Synonym: ოსური (osuri)

Usage notes

ოსური (osuri) is used more often.

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჩილი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1711
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჩილი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 364b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ჩჷლ-/*ჩილ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 866
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჩილი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჩილი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN