მე- -ე

Georgian

Etymology

Cognates include Mingrelian მა- -ა (ma- -a).

Originally, this circumfix along with სა- -ე (sa- -e) signified grammatical category. The former denoted animate, while the latter - inanimate (which included animals) objects. Compare modern Georgian terms მე-ღორ-ე (me-ɣor-e, “swine-herd”) and სა-ღორ-ე (sa-ɣor-e, “pigsty”).

Circumfix

მე- -ე • (me- -e)

  1. Circumfixed to nouns, thereby forming agent nouns.

Derived terms
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