ნცხენი

Laz

Alternative forms

ცხენი (ʒxeni) — Apso, Ortaalan, Chanapeti, Borghola

Etymology

According to Fähnrich, Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cxen-. Klimov derives from Georgian ცხენი (cxeni).

Noun

ნცხენი • (nʒxeni) (Latin spelling nʒxeni) (Atina, Vizha, Okordule, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

horse
ნცხენი გუკაპამტაშა ჩოჩოკა-მუში მუ მსქვა ივალზ
nʒxeni guǩap̌amťaşa çoçoǩa-muşi mu mskva ivalz
How beautifully her/his mane waves while the horse is running

Derived terms

კეტინცხენი (ǩeťinʒxeni, “bicycle”)
ისინანცხენი (isinanʒxeni, “Libellula depressa(a kind of dragonfly)”)

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “n3xeni”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნცხენი”, 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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