ჭე

Laz

Interjection

ჭე • (ç̌e) (Latin spelling ç̌e)

1. oh, man, hey
   1. (exclamation used to address a man)

      ნანი ნანი ჭე ხასანი / მელე მულუნ ნანა-სქანი / ქალამანი დოქაჩეჲი / ციცი ოფშა მოქაჩეჲი

      nani nani ç̌e xasani / mele mulun nana-skani / kalamani dokaçeyi / ʒiʒi opşa mokaçeyi

      Lullaby lullaby oh Khasan / (Here I see) across the road, here comes your mother / sandals in her hands / Her breasts are full of milk and she is embraced (the milk is so full that your mother embraces her breasts so that it does not spill).

   2. (Okordule, exclamation sometimes used to address a girls)

      ჭე, ბოზომოთა, უმპა გაზინ. ქომოითვი ევედი.

      ç̌e, bozomota, ump̌a gazin. komoitvi evedi.

      Hey, girl, your tummy's showing. Close it quickly.

Usage notes

• This exclamation is used in the dialects of Vizha to address people of the same age as oneself or children. ბე (be) is used to address with respect.

See also

• ბე (be), ქალე (kale)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç’e”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi