გუნძე
Laz
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *grʒ-el-, from Proto-Kartvelian *grʒ-.
Adjective
გუნძე • (gunże) (Latin spellling gunże) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)
- long, tall
- (in length or distance)
- სელიმიქ “ნთხირიზ ღარი მოთაეტაზ” დეჲი ჟინდოლემუში გუნძე ნთხომბუში ტატეფე მოუკვათამს
- selimik “ntxiriz ğari motaeťaz” deyi jindolemuşi gunże ntxombuşi ťaťepe mouǩvatams
- Selim cuts the long branches of the redwood tree above him so that it doesn't shade the hazelnuts
- (about human)
- ჰეკო გუნძე კოჩი მუჭო ივენ? თი ნჭერიზ ნანწენ.
- heǩo gunże ǩoçi muç̌o iven? ti nç̌eriz nanǯen.
- How can he be so tall? His head touches the ceiling.
- (about time of day, night, year etc.)
- Synonym: დიდო ორა (dido ora)
- ჲაზიში ნდღალეფე გუნძე იჲენ. კიში მოხტასი ნდღალეფე დიმკულანენ.
- yazişi ndğalepe gunże iyen. ǩişi moxťasi ndğalepe dimǩulanen.
- Summer days are long. In winter the days get shorter.
- (in length or distance)
Usage notes
- This adjective is pronounced with /d͡z/ in all regions. However, in the Vizha, Artasheni and Azlagha dialects it can also be written with ზ (z). This is because in these dialects the /d͡z/ consonant is a variant of the /z/ phoneme and is observed only behind the /n/ phoneme.
Derived terms
- გუნძანობა (gunżanoba)
- გუნძენობა (gunżenoba)
- ხე გუნძე უღუნ (xe gunże uğun)
Further reading
- Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 233
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 784
- Marr, N. (1910) “გუნძე”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 137a
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “გუნძე”, 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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