ჲენგი

Laz

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یڭی (yeñi).

Adjective

ჲენგი • (yengi) (Latin spelling yengi) (Artasheni)

  1. new
    Synonym: აღანი (ağani) [Atina, Artasheni, Arkabi, Chkhala]
    ჯუმა-შკიმი ჲენგი არაბა-მუში მოჩინაფაჲ
    cuma-şǩimi yengi araba-muşi moçinapay
    My brother introduces his new car to me

Adverb

ჲენგი • (yengi) (Latin spelling yengi) (Artasheni)

  1. newly, freshly, recently
    Synonym: აღანი (ağani) [Atina, Artasheni, Arkabi, Chkhala]

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “yengi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჲენგი”, 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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