ქი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჭი (ç̌i) – Atina
• ჩი (çi) – Artasheni

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كه‎, from Classical Persian که‎.

Conjunction

ქი • (ki) (Latin spelling ki) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

1. that

   კოჩიქ ოკო გჲარი ჭკომუ ქი აწი იშიბლოქუფს

   ǩoçik oǩo gyari ç̌ǩomu ki aǯi işiblokups

   The man ate so much that he is now burping

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “ki”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
• Марр, Н. (1910), “ქი”, 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 197b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ქი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi