კოპალი

Laz

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaṗ- (“stick; pole”).

Noun

კოპალი • (ǩop̌ali) (plural კოპალეფე) (Atina)

1. tree branch
2. cudgel, mace, club

   Synonym: ტოკსირი (ťoǩsiri)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 165
• Marr, N. (1910) “კოპალი”, 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 157a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კოპალი1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კოპალი3”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi