ჩენგე

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چكه‎ (çeñe).

Noun

ჩენგე • (çenge) (Latin spelling çenge)

(Arkabi) jaw, chin
Synonym: ნუკუ (nuǩu)

ომერიზ ჩენგე ჲუტახეზდორენ
omeriz çenge yuťaxezdoren
They broke Omar's jaw
(Batumi) beard
Synonym: ფიმფილი (pimpili)

კოჩიქ კატა ნდღა ჩენგე იბღაფს
ǩoçik ǩaťa ndğa çenge ibğaps
The man shaves his beard every day

Further reading

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

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