ტკები

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭq̇aw- (skin of an animal; hide).

Noun

ტკები • (ťǩebi) (Latin spelling ťǩebi) (Vitse–Arkabi, Chkhala, Batumi)

  1. leather, skin
    1. human skin
      ნანაქ კითიზ ნაგოხედასენ დაძი ეშიმეტაში ლემშიზ უჯი ნუჭუმზ დო ჰეშშო ტკებიზ ნიცონამს
      nanak ǩitiz nagoxedasen dażi eşimeťaşi lemşiz uci nuç̌umz do heşşo ťǩebiz niʒonams
      My mother burns the tip of the needle and inserts it into the skin while removing the thorn on her finger
    2. animal skin, hide
      კოჲინიშ ტკები
      ǩoyiniş ťǩebi
      sheepskin
  2. (Arkabi, Chkhala, Batumi) bark of trees and shrubs
    მსიჯიშენ ორძო ოხენუ შენი ტკები გოწკუ უკორს
    msicişen orżo oxenu şeni ťǩebi goǯǩu uǩors
    To make a chair from ivy, it is necessary to peel off the skin

See also

  • ფოსტი (posťi, hairy skin; hide)

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “t'k'ebi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ტკები”, 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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