მე- -ე

Georgian

Alternative forms

• მე- -ვე (me- -ve) — used for nouns ending in -ე; cf. მე-რძე-ვე (me-rʒe-ve)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *me- -e.

Originally, this circumfix along with სა- -ე (sa- -e) signified grammatical category. The latter denoted animate things, and the former - inanimate ones. Compare modern Georgian terms მე-ღორ-ე (me-ɣor-e, “swine-herd”) and სა-ღორ-ე (sa-ɣor-e, “pigsty”).

Circumfix

მე- -ე • (me- -e)

1. attaches to nouns to form agent nouns
2. attaches to numerals to form ordinals

Derived terms

Georgian terms circumfixed with მე- -ე

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: მე- -ე (me- -e)

Mingrelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian მე- -ე (me- -e). Doublet of მა- -ა (ma- -a).

Circumfix

მე- -ე • (me- -e)

1. forms agent nouns

Derived terms

Mingrelian terms circumfixed with მე- -ე