# ლეტა
## Laz
### Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian ლეტა (leṭa, “mud, clay”).

### Noun

ლეტა • (leťa) (Latin spelling leťa)
* soil, earth, ground, land
** the substance on which plants grow
    მუხუხიქ ლეტა ხუმსmuxuxik leťa xumsThe mole pierces the ground
** land, terrain
    Synonyms: დიხა (dixa), არაზი (arazi)
    ნანაჩქიმი ბაბამუშიშ ლეტაზ ნუნჭუნnanaçkimi babamuşiş leťaz nunç̌unMy mother has a share in her father's land
* (figurative) legacy, heritage, inheritance
    მამუტი ჩქარ მუთუ უხენუ ოხორჯაში ლეტაზ გეშახენmamuťi çkar mutu uxenu oxorcaşi leťaz geşaxenMahmut lives happily on his wife's inheritance, effortlessly

#### Derived terms

* ხომბულა ლეტა (xombula leťa, “mud”)
* ლეტა ოხინკანაჲ (leťa oxinǩanay, “(an earthquake) to happen”)
* ლეტასიმადი (leťasimadi, “map”)
* ლეტაჭალიმი (leťaç̌alimi, “clay lump”)
* ლეტაკავარი (leťaǩavari, “tile”)
* ლეტაორე (leťaore, “potato”)
* ლეტამაქვალი (leťamakvali, “potato”)

### References

* Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 193–194, compares Chechen латта (latta), Ingush лаьтта (lätta, “earth, soil”)
* Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, pages 605–606, compares Chechen латта (latta), Ingush лаьтта (lätta, “earth, soil”), Bats ლათთ (latt, “rubbish, litter”)
* Deeters, Gerhard (1957) “Bemerkungen zu K. Bouda's „Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasischen Etymologien“”, in Die Welt des Orients‎ (in German), volume 2, page 383, compares Adyghe йатӏэ (jatʼɛ, “dirt”)
* Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 185, derives from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”), whence Icelandic leðja

### Further reading

* Adjarian, H. (1898) “Leta (At., K., R., Er. 108), Lete(X.)”, in “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 372
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 810
* Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 122: “Leta, Lete”
* Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “let’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
* Marr, N. (1910) “ლეტა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 163a
* Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ლეტა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

## Mingrelian
### Alternative forms

* ჲეტა (yeṭa), ეტა (eṭa) — Martvili–Bandza

### Etymology

Akin to Laz ლეტა (leťa, “earth, ground”).

### Noun

ლეტა • (leṭa)
* mud, clay

### References

* Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 193–194, compares Chechen латта (latta), Ingush лаьтта (lätta, “earth, soil”)
* Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, pages 605–606, compares Chechen латта (latta), Ingush лаьтта (lätta, “earth, soil”), Bats ლათთ (latt, “rubbish, litter”)
* Deeters, Gerhard (1957) “Bemerkungen zu K. Bouda's „Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasischen Etymologien“”, in Die Welt des Orients‎ (in German), volume 2, page 383, compares Adyghe йатӏэ (jatʼɛ, “dirt”)
* Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 185, derives from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”), whence Icelandic leðja

### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ლეტა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 768
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ლეტა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 273a
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 810
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ლეტა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
* Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ლეტა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN