დო-
Laz
Etymology 1
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Prefix
დო- • (do-) (Latin spelling do-)
- demonstrates that the verb is indeed positive: Affirmation prefix
- ბადი დოვიჲი
- badi doviyi
- I got old (man)
- სი მუ-თუ ვარე, მა-თი ჰეჲა დობიქომ
- si mu-tu vare, ma-ti heya dobikom
- Whatever you do, I will do as well
- ვით-დო-ხუთ დეჶა დეგიწვი ჭი შკიმდა ელა
- vit-do-xut defa degiǯvi ç̌i şǩimda ela
- "Come to me," I said fifteen times
Etymology 2
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *da-.
Preverb
დო- • (do-) (Latin spelling do-)
- towards the ground
- დო- (do-) + ბღ- (bğ-, “to spill”) → დობღამს (dobğams, “S/he spills the granular solid on the ground”)
- Function unknown
- დო- (do-) + ზდ- (zd-, “to pull”) → დოზდამს (dozdams, “She looks or acts like one of her/his family”)
Usage notes
- It becomes დვ- (dv-) before ა (a) in Atina, Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects, დ- (d-) in Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects.
- It becomes დ- (d-) before ო (o) in Atina, Vitse-Arkabi and Khopa dialects, დვ- (dv-) in Vizha, Artasheni and Chkhala dialects.
- It becomes დ- (d-) before ი (i) and უ (u).
- It sometimes become დე- (de-) and sometimes დო- (do-) before ვი (vi), ვო (vo), ვუ (vu), მი (mi), გი (gi), მო (mo) and გო (go) in Atina dialect.
Further reading
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “do-”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “დო-”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi