ნანა

ნანა

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *nena-.

Noun

ნანა • (nana) (plural ნანეფე)

1. mother

References

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 231
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ნანა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Марр, Н. (1910), “ნანა”, 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 172b

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Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *nena-.

Noun

ნანა • (nana) (plural ნანეფი)

1. mother

   Synonym: დიდა (dida)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ნანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1003
• Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ნანა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN