მბული
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Georgian-Zan *bal- (“sweet cherry”), see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]მბული • (mbuli) (Latin spelling mbuli)
- sweet cherry, wild cherry (Prunus avium) (tree and fruit)
- Coordinate term: ვიშნე (vişne)
- ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ
- hanǯo mbuliz heşşo çans ki ťoťepez konżol konżoli gyobun
- This year, cherry trees have such fruit that they hang on the branches in bunches
- გჲაი ვარ-იფხორნა-თი მბული ოჭკომი
- gyai var-ipxorna-ti mbuli oç̌ǩomi
- If you're not eating, at least eat cherries
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “buli”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 14
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 778
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mbuli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi