ნკოლა
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Etymology[edit]
From ნკოლ- (nǩol-, “to lock”) + -ა (-a). Apparently a Wanderwort. Closely related to Mingrelian კილა (ḳila), Svan კჷლ (ḳəl). Further compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-,[1] Avar кӏул (kʼul), Lak кӏула (kʼula), Abkhaz а-лыкә (a-ləkʷʼ), Svan ლა̈კუ̂ (läḳû).
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Noun[edit]
ნკოლა • (nǩola) (plural ნკოლაფე, Latin spelling nǩola) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)
- key (to a lock)
- ოხოჲიში ნკოლა ახირიში დოლოხენი სოჲაზ გელობუნ
- oxoyişi nǩola axirişi doloxeni soyaz gelobun
- The key of the house hangs on the pole inside the barn
- switch (device for switching an electrical circuit on and off)
- ალი ჩონანკოლა ჩაფხუჲ. ვარადვინენ
- ali çonanǩola çapxuy. varadvinen
- Ali is trying to activate the light switch. It doesn't work.
- lock, padlock
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See also[edit]
- პამპუ (p̌amp̌u)
References[edit]
- ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 184–185
Further reading[edit]
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 245–246, tentatively reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ḳil-, linking other Kartvelian terms with Georgian კლიტე (ḳliṭe, “lock, key”), which unbeknown to him is borrowed from Ancient Greek.
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 234
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 804