ესკატი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἐσχάτη (eskhátē), the feminine of ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “final, last”).

Noun

ესკატი • (esǩaťi) (Latin spelling esǩaťi)

1. the money for burying the deceased, which was collected and kept by the old people in advance
2. (Atina) the unclaimed and worthless thing left behind by a dead person, wreck, ruin

   Synonyms: ანდერი (anderi), კაჲბანა (ǩaybana)

   კაჲბანა დო ესკატი ნა დოსკუდარე

   ǩaybana do esǩaťi na dosǩudare

   May you be left with no one and nothing(curse)

3. (Atina) ominous, sinister thing
4. (Vizha) cross

   ესკატი მოისელუ. ნონწორე ქეკიჲონუ.

   esǩaťi moiselu. nonǯore keǩiyonu.

   The cross was removed (the Christian cross of blessing was removed from tradition). And took the wine with it.

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “esǩaťi”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 228b
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “esk'at'i[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “esk'at'i[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ესკატი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi