ბორკი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *barḳ-.

Noun

ბორკი • (borḳi) (plural ბორკეფი)

  1. leg
    Synonym: კუჩხი (ḳučxi)
  2. thigh
    Synonyms: კვინჭიხე (ḳvinč̣ixe), წირღვი (c̣irɣvi)
  3. shin
    Synonyms: წირღვი (c̣irɣvi), კაჭაღე (ḳač̣aɣe)

Usage notes

The preferred term for the meaning of leg is კუჩხი (ḳučxi).

Derived terms
  • ბორკუა (borḳua)
  • ბორკილი (borḳili)
  • ბორკამი (borḳami)
  • ბორკღულა (borḳɣula)
  • ბორკილუა (borḳilua)
  • ჟირბორკამი (žirborḳami)
  • ბორკმოღულა (borḳmoɣula)
  • ბორკიცოცორო (borḳicocoro)
  • ბორკმესისიბელი (borḳmesisibeli)

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბორკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 119
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 777
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბორკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბორკი”, 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 206b
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