მკულე

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *m-ḳl-e- (“deprived, lacking, short”), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳel- : *ḳl- (“to lack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m̥kʼulɛ/

Adjective

მკულე • (mǩule) (Latin spelling mǩule)

1. short (about height or distance)
2. short (about time)

Derived terms

• თუთამკულე (tutamǩule)
• იმკულანენ (imǩulanen)
• ომკულანაჲ (omǩulanay)
• მემკულანუჲ (memǩulanuy)
• ომკულანაფს (omǩulanaps)
• ომკულანამს (omǩulanams)
• მომკულანუჲ (momǩulanuy)
• ნდღამკულეში (ndğamǩuleşi)

 

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: კულე (ḳule) — Abzhua

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 814
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mk’ule”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მკულე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi