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Etymology

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From ნკოლ- (nǩol-, to lock) +‎ -ა (-a). Apparently a Wanderwort. Closely related to Mingrelian კილა (ḳila), Svan კჷლ (ḳəl). Further compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-,[1] Avar кӏул (kʼul), Lak кӏула (kʼula), Abkhaz а-лыкә (a-ləkʷʼ), Svan ლა̈კუ̂ (läḳû).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈŋ̊kʼɔlɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ნკო‧ლა

Noun

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ნკოლა (nǩola) (plural ნკოლაფე, Latin spelling nǩola) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, VitseArkabi)

  1. key (to a lock)
    ოხოჲიში ნკოლა ახირიში დოლოხენი სოჲაზ გელობუნ
    oxoyişi nǩola axirişi doloxeni soyaz gelobun
    The key of the house hangs on the pole inside the barn
  2. switch (device for switching an electrical circuit on and off)
    ალი ჩონანკოლა ჩაფხუჲ. ვარადვინენ
    ali çonanǩola çapxuy. varadvinen
    Ali is trying to activate the light switch. It doesn't work.
  3. lock, padlock

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References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 184–185

Further reading

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  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 245–246, tentatively reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ḳil-, linking other Kartvelian terms with Georgian კლიტე (ḳliṭe, lock, key), which unbeknown to him is borrowed from Ancient Greek.
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 234
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 804
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