ქუერი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pkw-il-, from Proto-Kartvelian *pek-, from *pk- (“to grind”). Cognate with Georgian ფქვილი (pkvili) and Mingrelian ქვირი (kviri). More distantly related to Svan ფექ (pek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰviri/
  • Hyphenation: ქვი‧რი

Noun

ქუერი • (kueri)

  1. flour
  • ომქირალე (omkirale)

References

  • Marr, N. (1910), “ქუერი”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 199
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