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Mingrelian [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Svan ლე- ( le- ) .
Circumfix [ edit ]
ლე- -ე • (le- -e )
Forms toponyms from Georgian last names
წურწუმია ( c̣urc̣umia ) + ლე- -ე ( le- -e ) → ლეწურწუმე ( lec̣urc̣ume , “ a place where c̣urc̣umias dwell ” )
ქაჯაია ( kaǯaia ) + ლე- -ე ( le- -e ) → ლექაჯაიე ( lekaǯaie , “ a place where kaǯaias dwell ” )
( obsolete ) Forms toponyms from general words
გინი ( gini , “ calf ” ) + ლე- -ე ( le- -e ) → ლეგინე ( legine , “ a place where calves dwell ” )
გვიმორა ( gvimora , “ fern ” ) + ლე- -ე ( le- -e ) → ლეგვიმორე ( legvimore , “ a place where ferns grow ” )
ფშალე ( pšale , “ hop (Humulus lupulus) ” ) + ლე- -ე ( le- -e ) → ლეფშალე ( lepšale , “ a place where hops grow ” )
Derived terms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Kajaia, Otar (2005 ) “ლე- -ე ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary ], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004 , page 765