თიფი
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Laz[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *tib- (“grass”). Cognate with Georgian თივა (tiva) and Mingrelian თიფი (tipi).
Noun[edit]
თიფი • (tipi) (Latin spelling tipi) (Arkabi, Khopa)
- weed, grass
- Synonym: მტკა (mťǩa)
- ფუჯიჩქუნიქ ნდღალერი ნაჭკომუ თიფი სერი მკოუმს
- puciçkunik ndğaleri naç̌ǩomu tipi seri mǩoums
- Our cow chews grass during the day and ruminates at night
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “tipi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თიფი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi