ტობა

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.

Noun

ტობა (ťoba) (plural ტობაფე, Latin spelling ťoba)

  1. (Jigetore, Okordule, Borghola) small potholes where water has accumulated due to rain; puddle
    ხასანიქ ტობას დოლობაზგამს
    xasanik ťobas dolobazgams
    Khasan steps into a puddle
  2. (Vizha, Ortaalan, VitseArkabi, Peroniti, Batumi) the point where flowing waters such as streams and rivers become stagnant and deep
    Synonym: ნჯოლი (ncoli)
    ამეტი ტობაზ დოლოდგითუნ დო მჩხომიზ ანკესი უტკომერზ
    ameťi ťobaz dolodgitun do mçxomiz anǩesi uťǩomerz
    Amet stands inside the ťoba and casts a fishing rod
  3. (Vizha, Chanapeti) pond, lake
    Synonym: გჲოლი (gyoli)
    ისტანბოლიშა იტაშა არ დიდი ტობა ქონ. საფანჯა ჯოზუნ.
    isťanbolişa iťaşa ar didi ťoba kon. sapanca cozun.
    On the way to Istanbul there is a big lake called Sapanca.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “t'oba”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ტობა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.

Adjective

ტობა (ṭoba)

  1. deep

Noun

ტობა (ṭoba) (plural ტობეფი)

  1. lake
    Synonym: მერე (mere)

Descendants

  • Svan: ტო̄მბ (ṭōmb)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ტობა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1379
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ტობა”, 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 329b
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 838
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ტობა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN