კილა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ნკოლა (nḳola) – Atina
- კოლა (ḳola) – Arkabi
Etymology
Together with Mingrelian კილა (ḳila) borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂u-.[1]
Noun
კილა • (ḳila) (plural კილეფე)
- key (to a lock)
- lock, padlock
Further reading
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 245–246, tentatively reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ḳil-, linking other Kartvelian terms with Georgian კლიტე (ḳliṭe, “lock, key”), which unbeknown to him is borrowed from Ancient Greek.
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 234
- Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 804
References
- Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 184–185
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- კჷლა (ḳəla), კია (ḳia)
Etymology
Together with Laz კილა (ḳila, “key; lock, padlock”) borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂u-.[1]
Noun
კილა • (ḳila) (plural კილეფი)
- key (to a lock)
- lock, padlock
Descendants
- →⇒ Svan: კჷლ (ḳəl, “key; lock, padlock”), ლიკლი (liḳli, “to lock”)
Further reading
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 245–246, tentatively reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ḳil-, linking other Kartvelian terms with Georgian კლიტე (ḳliṭe, “lock, key”), which unbeknown to him is borrowed from Ancient Greek.
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “კილა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 702
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “კილა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 804
References
- Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 184–185