ჯელვანწენ

Laz

Alternative forms

• გელანწენ (gelanǯen) — Vitse–Arkabi, has the same meaning as in Atina Dialect

Etymology

From ჯელა- (cela-) +‎ ა- (a-) +‎ ნწ- (nǯ-) +‎ -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣w- (“to dip”). Cognate with Georgian დაწობა (dac̣oba) and Mingrelian გეწუაფა (gec̣uapa).

Verb

ჯელვანწენ • (celvanǯen) (Latin spelling celvanǯen)

1. (Atina) to touch something below

   ნუსაში ჶოტა-უჯი კულის ჯელვანწენ.

   nusaşi foťa-uci ǩulis celvanǯen.

   The tip of the bride's loincloth touches the chair.

2. (Vizha, Artasheni) to touch the liquid or puddled liquid in a container with tip of something

   მანდილი ნა-შკომუჲ ლუუ ჯელვანწენ. იკათალაჲ.

   mandili na-şǩomuy luu celvanǯen. iǩatalay.

   Her headscarf touches the cabbage she eats. She should be careful.

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 294
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “celvan3’en”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)