კამპარა
Laz
Etymology
Compare Georgian კამპარა (ḳamṗara, “adlay millet (Coix lacryma Jobi)”), კა(მ)პარი (ḳa(m)ṗari, “bladdernuts (Staphylea)”), კაპარი (ḳaṗari, “caper (Capparis spinosa)”), Mingrelian კამპარი (ḳamṗari, “bladdernuts (Staphylea”), Abkhaz а-қампыр (a-kamṗər, “Staphylea colchica”), Pontic Greek κάπαρο (káparo), κάππαρο (kápparo, “Staphylea pinnata”), καπαροτζούφιν (kaparotzoúphin, “a kind of shrub”) (the latter apparently with τζούφος (tzoúfos, “hollow”)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
კამპარა • (ḳamṗara) (plural კამპარაეფე) (Atina)
- elder, black elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Synonym: ტოპტოპი (ṭoṗṭoṗi)
Derived terms
- კამპარა მტა (ḳamṗara mṭa, “Crassocephalum crepidioides”)
- კამპარუჯი (ḳamṗaruǯi, “Auricularia auricula-judae”)
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 159
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “კამპარა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ანწლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
- Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2020), “ǩamp̌ara”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 23
- Марр, Н. (1910), “კამპარა”, 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 151