ხე

From Old Georgian ხე (xe); see below for more.

• IPA^(key): /xe/, [χe]
• Hyphenation: ხე

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ხე • (xe) (plural ხეები)

1. tree
2. (computing) tree

• ხის ნახშირი (xis naxširi)

• ხეფე (xepe) — Atina

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qe(l)-.

• IPA^(key): /xɛ/
• Hyphenation: ხე

ხე • (xe) (plural ხეფე, Latin spelling xe) (Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. (upper extremity, upper limb); hand and/or arm

   Synonyms: ხანჭალი (xanç̌ali), კლავი (ǩlavi) — arm

   ხე ობონუ შენი ბერეს წკარი გელობამს

   xe obonu şeni beres ǯǩari gelobams

   S/he pours water on the child's hand to wash her/his hands

   პაპულის ლუმჯიშა მუსაჶი ხეზ ელოქაჩუნ

   p̌ap̌ulis lumcişa musafi xez elokaçun

   The Qur'an is under my grandfather's arm(limb) until the evening

   ფორჩაში შლოპერი ხე წკარითე ნუნახუმს

   porçaşi şlop̌eri xe ǯǩarite nunaxums

   She washes the soiled sleeve(arm) of the shirt with water

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 396
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 887
• Marr, N. (1910) “ხე”, 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 230a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qe(l)-.

ხე • (xe) (plural ხელეფი)

1. hand

• ხუ (xu, “fist”)

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ხე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1954
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხე”, 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 400a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 887
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ხე”, 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) “ხე”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Borrowed from Bats ხეჼ (xẽ), сlearly after the 5th century. The word replaced native ძელი (ʒeli) in Old Georgian.

ხე • (xe)

1. tree

• Georgian: ხე (xe)

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხე”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 9
• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 212–213
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ხე”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 466