Today's word (or rather, yesterday's; sorry for the delay) returns to the subject of food with the name of the native mërèchi allium, làcci (pronounced 'latsi). This word is also used by the mërèchi in noun phrases to describe foreign imports (mostly via shipwrecks or lost ships which were not allowed to return) like onions, garlic, shallots and leeks. The làcci itself is most closely related to onions.
The spelling of the romanization reflects the fossilized spelling convention in the native alphasyllabary, where doubled "c" (pronounced k or k_w) became /ts/. (Similarly, when "k", pronounced k_j or k, in the alphasyllabary is doubled, its sound becomes /kS/ (where S is the CXS code for the "sh" sound).)
Examples:
làcci kúpishali shërúkipi kúshisöp'n: Onion cooked with honey is sweet.
chevàfia làccinö jàni jíkisöp'n: The smell of fresh onion is jíki (a somewhat unpleasant tang).
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