ბერგი
Laz
Alternative forms
- ბერჯი (berci)
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *berg- (“to hoe, hack”).
Noun
ბერგი • (bergi) (plural ბერგეფე)
- hoe
- Synonyms: თოხი (toxi), ჩაფა (çapa)
Related terms
- ობერგუ (obergu)
Descendants
- → Armenian: փերգ (pʿerg)
Further reading
- Kabadayı, Müslüm (2001), “kazma”, in Doğu Karadeniz Lehçeleri Karşılaştırmalı Sözlüğü (Deneme): Ermenice - Yunanca - Megrelce - Rumca - Hemşince - Lazca - Gürcüce (in Turkish), Istanbul: Gelenek, →ISBN, page 275, spelling as berci, bergi
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 775
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ბერგი”, 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 130a
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ბერგი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *berg- (“to hoe, hack”).
Noun
ბერგი • (bergi) (plural ბერგეფი)
- hoe
- Synonym: თორხი (torxi)
Related terms
- ბარგუა (bargua), ბარგილი (bargili)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ბერგი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 98
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ბერგი”, 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) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 203a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 775
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ბერგი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ბერგი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN