People and family in Georgian
21 words
დედაdeda— mother
dedicated: Picture the most DEDicated person you know, the one who never missed a school play. That's DEDA: mother.
მამაmama— father
mama: Georgian's most famous trap: MAMA means FATHER. Picture a big moustached dad proudly announcing, “I'm the mama here!”
მეგობარიmegobari— friend
mega berry: Your FRIEND finds a MEGA BERRY, a strawberry the size of a melon, and splits it with you. That's friendship: MEGO-BARi.
ძმაdzma— brother
ქალიkali— woman
Cali: A sun-tanned WOMAN with a surfboard: a real CALI girl. KA-li = woman.
კაციk'atsi— man
cats: A huge bearded MAN sits on a park bench, covered head to toe in CATS. K'ATS-i!
ბავშვიbavshvi— child
baby shoe: A CHILD toddles off and leaves one tiny BABY SHOE behind. BAV-SHVI!
სახელიsakheli— name
say Kelly: “What's your NAME?” She grins: “SAY KELLY!” sa-KHE-li. Careful: სახლი (sakhli, house) is the one without the e.
ოჯახიojakhi— family
Oh, Jack, hi!: Jack walks in for the holidays and the whole FAMILY shouts at once: “OH, JACK, HI!” O-JA-KHI, family.
ბებიაbebia— grandmother
ბიჭიbich'i— boy
beach: A BOY sprints down the BEACH with a bucket and spade: BICH'-i. The ჭ is a clipped, popped ch.
გოგოgogo— girl
go, go: A GIRL pedals her bike to the finish line while her family cheers: “GO! GO!” GO-GO: girl.
ბაბუაbabua— grandfather
baboon: At every family dinner GRANDPA does his famous BABOON impression: BA-BU-a. (Grandma is ბებია.)
ცოლიtsoli— wife
solely: At the wedding he swears he's hers SOLEly. Now she's his WIFE: TSO-li. (Husband is ქმარი.)
ქმარიkmari— husband
marry: The man you MARRY becomes your HUSBAND: k-MAR-i. (Wife is ცოლი.)
ადამიანიadamiani— person
Adam: There's ADAM inside: ადამ-იანი, literally “of Adam”, one of Adam's kind. Every person is a descendant of the first one.
ბატონიbat'oni— Mr, sir
baton: A conductor raises his BATON and the whole orchestra goes silent: “Yes, SIR.” bat'-ON-i, sir.
ქალბატონიkalbat'oni— madam, Mrs
baton: A grand lady conducts the orchestra with a BATON: kal-BAT'ON-i — madam. Inside: ქალი “woman” + ბატონი “sir”.
შვილიshvili— son or daughter, child
shovel: Your kid digs at the beach with a tiny SHOVEL: SHVIL-i — son or daughter. It's the -shvili in Georgian surnames: “child of”.
ექიმიekimi— doctor
kimono: Your doctor does the ward rounds in a white KIMono instead of a white coat: e-KIM-i — doctor.
სტუმარიst'umari— guest
stew, Mary: A GUEST walks in and you shout to the kitchen: “More STEW, MARY!” — st'u-MARI.
Read them yourself
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