ფერწო

Mingrelian

Etymology

Cognate with Laz ფენწო (penǯo). For რ ~ ნ (r ~ n) alternation in Zan languages, compare Mingrelian გირძე (girʒe), გინძე (ginʒe) against Laz გინძე (ginże, “long”).

Noun

ფერწო • (perc̣o) (plural ფერწოეფი)

  1. snail
    Synonym: ლოქორუა (lokorua)

Derived terms
  • ფერწოში ოხორი (perc̣oši oxori, “snail shell”, literally “snail's house”) / ფერწოში დოხორე (perc̣oši doxore, “snail shell”, literally “snail's castle”)

Further reading
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 129
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ფერწო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1464
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ფერწო”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 336a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ფერწო-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 842
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ფერწო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ფერწო”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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