მწუ

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

მწუ • (mǯu) (plural მწუეფე) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

  1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)
    Synonyms: მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), (the wild form) პოზი (p̌ozi)

Further reading
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მწუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მწუ”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-.

Noun

მწუ • (mǯu) (Latin spelling mǯu) (Sumla, Borghola)

  1. the stalk left after harvesting the tops of wheat, barley, rice, etc.
    მჯვეში ორაფეზ პაპულეფეჩქუნი მწუშ ონჯირეზ ინჯირტეზ
    mcveşi orapez p̌ap̌ulepeçkuni mǯuş oncirez incirťez
    Our ancestors used to sleep on beds made of grain stalks

Inflection

 
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Declension of მწუ (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive მწუ მწუფე
ergative მწუქ მწუფექ
dative მწუს მწუფეს
genitive მწუშ(ი) მწუფეშ(ი)
directive მწუშე მწუფეშე
ablative მწუშემ მწუფეშემ
locative მწუს მწუფეს
instrumental მწუთენ მწუფეთენ
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
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