ჭაკლა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჭაკლი (ç̌aǩli) — Jigetore, only for the sense kindling

Noun

ჭაკლა • (ç̌aǩla) (Latin spelling ç̌aǩla)

1. (dialectal, Vizha, Khopa) kindling, torch, lamp

   Synonym: ლამბა (lamba)

   ჭაკლა ნუდვინი

   ç̌aǩla nudvini

   Light the lamp

2. (dialectal, Vizha) match

   Synonym: ქიფრიტი (kipriťi)

   ალი ჭაკლა ჭაფხუჲ დო დაჩხური ოგზაჲ

   ali ç̌aǩla ç̌apxuy do daçxuri ogzay

   Ali lights a fire by striking a match

3. (dialectal, Vitse) generic name for a primitive lighting device(s)

   კინჩხიშ ჭაკლა

   ǩinçxiş ç̌aǩla

   Lighting device made by combining and igniting dry hessian reeds

4. (dialectal, Arkabi) (used only as a member of a phrase)

   ჭაკლა მომაქთუ

   ç̌aǩla momaktu

   I'm so tired

   (literally, “ç̌aǩla poured to me”)

Further reading

• Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)‎^[1], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 572
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç'ak'la[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç'ak'la[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[3] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭაკლა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[4], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi