მქვერი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pkw-il-, from Proto-Kartvelian *pek-, from *pk- (to grind). Cognate with Georgian ფქვილი (pkvili) and Mingrelian ქვირი (kviri). More distantly related to Svan ფექ (pek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰviri/
  • Hyphenation: ქვი‧რი

Noun

მქვერი (mkveri)

  1. flour

References

  • Marr, N. (1910) “მქვერი”, 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 199