ბორკი
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *bark-. Cognate with Georgian ბარკალი (barḳali, “thigh”), Svan ბარკა̈ (barḳä, “bow-legged”).[1][2] Not discussed in Klimov and Fähnrich is Laz cognate ბორკელა (borḳela, “human or animal with long and mishapen legs”).[3]
Old Georgian ბორკილი (borḳili, “shackles”) and its derivatives are Zan borrowings.
Noun
ბორკი • (borḳi) (plural ბორკეფი)
- leg
- Synonym: კუჩხი (ḳučxi)
- thigh
- Synonyms: კვინჭიხე (ḳvinč̣ixe), წირღვი (c̣irɣvi)
- shin
- Synonyms: წირღვი (c̣irɣvi), კაჭაღე (ḳač̣aɣe)
Usage notes
The preferred term for the meaning of "leg" is კუჩხი (ḳučxi).
Derived terms
- ბორკამი (borḳami)
- ბორკილი (borḳili)
- ბორკილუა (borḳilua)
- ბორკიცოცორო (borḳicocoro)
- ბორკმესისიბელი (borḳmesisibeli)
- ბორკმოღულა (borḳmoɣula)
- ბორკუა (borḳua)
- ბორკღულა (borḳɣula)
- ჟირბორკამი (žirborḳami)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ბორკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 119
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ბორკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Кипшидзе, И. (1914), “ბორკი”, 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 206b
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 9
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 50—51
- Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 777