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Laz
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *o(m)ṗe-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈumpʼɑ/
- Hyphenation: უმ‧პა
Noun
უმპა • (ump̌a) (plural უმპაფე, Latin spelling ump̌a) (Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- navel
- Synonym: წიპა (ǯip̌a)
- umbilical cord
- Synonym: წიპა (ǯip̌a)
ბერე დირინასი ემოგი უმპა ნუკვათამან- bere dirinasi emogi ump̌a nuǩvataman
- When a child is born, they first cut the umbilical cord
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ump̌a”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 932b
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 840
- Marr, N. (1910) “უმპა”, 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 192a, derives from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უმპა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi