ნჭამი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Georgian წამალი (c̣amali).

Noun

ნჭამი • (nč̣ami) (Latin spelling nç̌ami) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

  1. medication, drug, medicine
    Synonyms: ლაჯი (laǯi), ილაჯი (ilaǯi), აბუტრაკი (abuṭraḳi)
  2. poison
    Synonyms: აღუ (aɣu), ღურზული (ɣurzuli), აბუტრაკი (abuṭraḳi), ღურძული (ɣurʒuli)
  3. (dialectal, Arkabi) yeast
    Synonym: მაკათი (maḳati)

Further reading
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 878
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*c̣₁am- // *c̣₁em-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 306
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “nç’ami”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ნჭამი”, 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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