ჩენგე

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Laz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چكه (çeñe).

Noun[edit]

ჩენგე (çenge) (Latin spelling çenge)

  1. (Arkabi) jaw, chin
    Synonym: ნუკუ (nuǩu)
    ომერიზ ჩენგე ჲუტახეზდორენ
    omeriz çenge yuťaxezdoren
    They broke Omar's jaw
  2. (Batumi) beard
    Synonym: ფიმფილი (pimpili)
    კოჩიქ კატა ნდღა ჩენგე იბღაფს
    ǩoçik ǩaťa ndğa çenge ibğaps
    The man shaves his beard every day

Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çenge”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩენგე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi