ფერწო
Mingrelian
Etymology
Cognate with Laz ფენწო (penc̣o). For რ ~ ნ (r ~ n) alternation in Zan languages, compare Mingrelian გირძე (girʒe), გინძე (ginʒe) against Laz გინძე (ginʒe, “long”).
Noun
ფერწო • (perc̣o) (plural ფერწოეფი)
- snail
- Synonym: ლოქორუა (lokorua)
Derived terms
- ფერწოში ოხორი (perc̣oši oxori, “snail shell”, literally “snail's house”) / ფერწოში დოხორე (perc̣oši doxore, “snail shell”, literally “snail's castle”)
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 129
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ფერწო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1464
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ფერწო”, 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 336a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*ფერწო-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 842
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ფერწო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ფერწო”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN