ქი
Laz
Alternative forms
- ჭი (č̣i) – Atina
- ჩი (či) – Artasheni
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كه, from Classical Persian که.
Conjunction
ქი • (ki) (Latin spelling ki) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)
- that
- კოჩიქ ოკო გჲარი ჭკომუ ქი აწი იშიბლოქუფს
- ḳočik oḳo gyari č̣ḳomu ki ac̣i išiblokups
- The man ate so much that he is now burping
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “ki”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ქი”, 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 197b
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ქი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi