ლემჭკვა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ლემჭვა (lemç̌va) — Atina
• ლემშკვა (lemşǩva) — Artasheni

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ne-rc̣₁q̇w- (“salive, spittle”). Cognate with Georgian ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi), Mingrelian ლერჭკვა (lerč̣ḳva) and Svan ნა̈შყვ (näšq̇v).

Noun

ლემჭკვა • (lemç̌ǩva) (Latin spelling lemç̌ǩva) (Vizha, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. saliva, spit

   ა წკარი ოფშვატი. ლემჭკვა დომიხომუ.

   a ǯǩari opşvaťi. lemç̌ǩva domixomu.

   I need a drink of water. My mouth is dry.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “lemç'k'va”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ლემჭკვა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi