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Laz
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.
Noun
ტობა • (ťoba) (plural ტობაფე, Latin spelling ťoba)
- (Jigetore, Okordule, Borghola) small potholes where water has accumulated due to rain; puddle
ხასანიქ ტობას დოლობაზგამს- xasanik ťobas dolobazgams
- Khasan steps into a puddle
- (Vizha, Ortaalan, Vitse–Arkabi, 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
- (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
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.
Adjective
ტობა • (ṭoba)
- deep
Noun
ტობა • (ṭoba) (plural ტობეფი)
- lake
- Synonym: მერე (mere)
Descendants
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