მჭაჯი

Laz

Alternative forms

მჯაჯი (mǯaǯi) – Artasheni

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-. Cognate with Georgian მწერი (mc̣eri, “insect”), Mingrelian ჭანჯი (č̣anǯi, “fly”) and Svan მე̄რ (mēr, “fly”).

Noun

მჭაჯი • (mč̣aǯi) (Latin spelling mç̌aci)

fly, house fly
ფუჯიზ კუჩხეზ დდთ გობუფურინი დო მჭაჯი ნოხედაში ჰექ ნოხროცქუნ
puǯiz ḳučxez ddt gobupurini do mč̣aǯi noxedaši hek noxrockun
I sprayed DDT on the cow's foot, and the fly dies as soon as it lands

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “mç’aci”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013), “მჭაჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

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