მე-
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Laz[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mi- (aside from speaker).
Preverb[edit]
მე- • (me-) (Latin spelling me-)
- by moving off from the speaker in parallel with the ground
- მე- (me-) + დგით- (dgit-, “to stand”) → ნოდგითუნ (nodgitun, “S/he stops by approaching something”)
- a little part
- მე- (me-) + ტროხ- (ťrox-, “to break”) → ნოტროხუნ (noťroxun, “S/he gets hurt at a little part of her/his body”)
- function unknown
- მე- (me-) + კვათ- (ǩvat-, “to cut”) → მეკვათუმს (meǩvatums, “S/he cuts”)
Usage notes[edit]
- It becomes ნ- (n-) before vowels.
- It becomes მი- (mi-) before ვა (va), ვო (vo), მა (ma), გა (ga), მო (mo) and გო (go) but It stays მე- (me-) before ვი (vi), ვუ (vu), მი (mi) and გი (gi) in Batumi Dialect.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “me-”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)