ჯიჯი
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Laz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ჟიჟი (jiji) — Ghvant
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁ir- (“root, bottom”).
Noun[edit]
ჯიჯი • (cici) (Latin spelling cici) (Atina, Artasheni, Vitse)
- The bottom part (of cabbage) above the soil, the inner part of the (cabbage) stem
- bottom
- აშექ ლიმხანა ჭკორუმს დო ნთხირიშ ჯიჯიზ გოშორჩაკამს
- aşek limxana ç̌ǩorums do ntxiriş ciciz goşorçaǩams
- Aisha mows a fern and tucks it into the bottom of a hazelnut tree
Inflection[edit]
Declension of ჯიჯი (see Laz declension)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ჯიჯი | ჯიჯეფე | |
| ergative | ჯიჯიქ | ჯიჯეფექ | |
| dative | ჯიჯის | ჯიჯეფეს | |
| genitive | ჯიჯიშ(ი) | ჯიჯეფეშ(ი) | |
| directive | ჯიჯიშე | ჯიჯეფეშე | |
| ablative | ჯიჯიშემ | ჯიჯეფეშემ | |
| locative | ჯიჯის | ჯიჯეფეს | |
| instrumental | ჯიჯითენ | ჯიჯეფეთენ | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
See also[edit]
- ფესო (peso)
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) chapter CICI, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჯიჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi