მწუ

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

მწუ • (mc̣u) (plural მწუეფე) (Atina)

  1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)
    Synonyms: მწკოლი (mc̣ḳoli), (the wild form) პოზი (ṗozi)

Further reading
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “მწუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “მწუ”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
  • Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2020), “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36
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